Imaging examination of macrophages in coronary atherosclerotic plaques
10.3969/j.issn.1008-0074.2015.01.30
- VernacularTitle:冠状动脉粥样硬化斑块中巨噬细胞的影像学检查
- Author:
Lei YU
;
Chunfeng NIU
;
Bo YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Coronary disease;
Arteriosclerosis;
Macrophages
- From:
Chinese Journal of cardiovascular Rehabilitation Medicine
2015;24(1):101-104
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Formation of coronary atherosclerotic plaques brings severe damage to human health.Macrophages play an important role during formation and development of plaques,which becomes an important marker for judging whether atherosclerotic plaques are stable or not.Therefore,recognition and quantification of macrophages become hotspot in current study.The present article made an overview on cunent frequently-used imaging techniques for de-tecting coronary plaques and macrophages inside them for now.
