Abstract
Photodynamic diagnosis of atherosclerotic plaques, which induced in the aorta of rabbits fed a cholesterol-rich diet for 20 weeks, has been available, Three main factors to diagnose atheroma were a newly developed photosensitizer of mono-L-aspartyl chlorin e6 (NPe6), a new laser equipment of tunable diode laser, and a new high resolution video monitoring sysytem.This article reviews new trends in photodynamic diagnosis for the atherosclerotic disease.
