Introduction
Methods
Detection of fluorescence characteristic of CPT by CFM
CFA system
Conventional angioscopy (CA) system
Definition of coronary plaques by CA
Angioscopic study on coronary plaques obtained from autopsy subjects
Ethics statement
Subjects
CA and CFA procedure
CFM study
Statistical analysis
Results
Color fluorescence of CPT
Color fluorescent microscopy | ||
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Substances | Autofluorescence | Fluorescence in the presence of LD (10− 5 M) |
Calcium phosphate tribasic | No | R |
Calcium triphosphate tribasic + Collagen I | No | P |
Hydroxyapatite (powder) | No | No |
(Crystal) | W | No |
Hydroxyapatite + collagen I | No | No |
Other calcium compounds | No | No |
High-density lipoprotein | No | No |
Oxidized low-density Lipoprotein | No | No |
Low-density lipoprotein | No | No |
Very low-density lipoprotein | No | DBr |
Lysophosphatidylcholine | No | No |
Phosphatidylcholine | No | No |
Triglyceride | No | No |
Apolipoprotein B-100 | No | No |
Apolipoprotein A-1 | No | No |
Apolipoprotein E-2 | No | No |
Matrix metalloproteinase −1,−9 | No | No |
Cholesterol | Y | No |
Cholesteryl oleate | No | No |
Cholesteryl linoleate | No | No |
7-Keto cholesterol | No | No |
Oleic acid | No | No |
Linoleic acid | No | No |
Collagen I | B | LR |
Collagen IV | LB | No |
Collagen III, V | No | No |
Heparan sulfate | No | No |
Hyaluronic acid | No | No |
Albumin | No | No |
Globulins | No | No |
Ceramide | Y | No |
Elastin | LY | No |
Hydroxyapatite | No | No |
Proteoglycans | No | No |
β-Carotene | O | No |