OCT imaging of macrophages: a bright spot in the study of inflammation in human atherosclerosis

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jan;8(1):73-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.09.019. Epub 2014 Nov 5.

Author

Guillermo J Tearney¹

Affiliation

¹ Harvard Medical School, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, and Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: gtearney@partners.org.

PMID: 25592697
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.09.019

No abstract available

Keywords: intravascular imaging; macrophage; optical coherence tomography; vulnerable plaque.

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Humans
Macrophages / pathology*
Tomography, Optical Coherence*