Discrimination of Human Coronary Artery Atherosclerotic Lipid-Rich Lesions by Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Discrimination of Human Coronary Artery Atherosclerotic Lipid-Rich Lesions by Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy
L. Marcu,M. Fishbein,J. Maarek,W. Grundfest
2001 · DOI: 10.1161/HQ0701.092091
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 113 Citations
TLDR
The results demonstrate that analysis of the time-resolved spectra may be used to enhance the discrimination between different grades of atherosclerotic lesions and provide a means of discrimination between lipid-rich and fibrous lesions.