Publications by authors named "N Anastassopoulou"
Background And Objective: An effort has been made to distinguish the composition of carotid atherosclerotic plaques (CAP) from patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, by laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy.
Study Design/materials And Methods: Different excitation wavelengths were used: 476, 488, and 458 nm of a continuous wave krypton/argon ion laser, and 337 nm of a pulsed nitrogen laser. Twenty-three CAP samples from different patients were investigated and several spectra from each plaque were obtained.