Imaging human coronary cholesterol/urate crystals with cross-polarized micro-optical coherence tomography
These results demonstrate a significant increase in CP-µOCT-delineated crystals in gout vs. non-gout patients, suggesting that this technology can be used to improve our understanding of crystal-driven coronary pathogenesis.
Authors
- Gargi Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8666-7820)
- Joseph A. Gardecki
- Guillermo J. Tearney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-4453)
- Osman O. Ahsen
- Kanwarpal Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-8089)
- Kensuke Nishimiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4518-6458)
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (US)
- Mass General Brigham (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1433227
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36