Relationship Between a Systemic Inflammatory Marker, Plaque Inflammation, and Plaque Characteristics Determined by Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography | Zendy

O. Raffel | Zendy; Guillermo J. Tearney | Zendy; Denise DeJoseph Gauthier | Zendy; Elkan F. Halpern | Zendy; Brett E. Bouma | Zendy; Ik–Kyung Jang | Zendy

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Relationship Between a Systemic Inflammatory Marker, Plaque Inflammation, and Plaque Characteristics Determined by Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography

Author(s) -

O. Raffel,

Guillermo J. Tearney,

Denise DeJoseph Gauthier,

Elkan F. Halpern,

Brett E. Bouma,

Ik–Kyung Jang

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

arteriosclerosis thrombosis and vascular biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.007

H-Index - 270

eISSN - 1524-4636

pISSN - 1079-5642

DOI - 10.1161/atvbaha.107.145987

Subject(s) - fibrous cap , vulnerable plaque , pathology , optical coherence tomography , medicine , white blood cell , macrophage , receiver operating characteristic , inflammation , gastroenterology , radiology , chemistry , in vitro , biochemistry

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between the peripheral white blood cell (WBC) count, local plaque fibrous cap macrophage density, and the morphological features and presence of thin-cap fibroatheromas (TCFA) identified by optical coherence tomography (OCT).

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