TY - JOUR T1 - A thermal view of the arterial wall after coronary angioplasty JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 604 LP - 604 DO - 10.1136/heart.89.6.604 VL - 89 IS - 6 AU - L Diamantopoulos AU - X Liu AU - I De Scheerder Y1 - 2003/06/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/89/6/604.abstract N2 - During coronary balloon angioplasty (PTCA), arterial wall injury is unavoidable. This injury could give rise to local inflammation, accounting for increased thrombogenicity and hyperplasia. Coronary thermography is a new method that aims to detect the inflamed areas on the arterial wall by tracing the heat signatures of the activated macrophages. The temperature traces below … ER -