Histopathology of atherosclerosis progression: What imagers need to know

Multi-Modality Atherosclerosis Imaging and Diagnosis

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 15-24

  Nakano, Masataka ^a   Ladich, Elena ^a   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELL DEATH; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DEBRIS; CORE SIZE; HAEMOGLOBINS; HAEMORRAGE; INTIMAL THICKENINGS; LIPID POOLS; LOCALISED; MORPHO-LOGICS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

MACROPHAGES;

EID: 84941931745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7425-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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