Open AccessReal-Time Catheter Molecular Sensing of Inflammation in Proteolytically Active Atherosclerosis
Author(s) -
Farouc A. Jaffer,
Claudio Vinegoni,
Michael C. John,
Elena Aïkawa,
Herman K. Gold,
Aloke V. Finn,
Vasilis Ntziachristos,
Peter Libby,
Ralph Weissleder
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.785881
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammation , cardiology
To enable intravascular detection of inflammation in atherosclerosis, we developed a near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) catheter-based strategy to sense cysteine protease activity during vascular catheterization.
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