Imaging atherosclerotic plaque inflammation with [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Authors
Rudd, H. F.
Warburton, E. A.
Fryer, Tim D.
Jones, H. A.
Clark, J. C.
Antoun, N.
Johnström, Peter
Davenport, Anthony P.
Kirkpatrick, Peter J.
Arch, Barbara N.
Affiliation
University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Publication Date
2002-06-20

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Abstract
This study demonstrates that atherosclerotic plaque inflammation can be imaged with 18FDG-PET, and that symptomatic, unstable plaques accumulate more 18FDG than asymptomatic lesions.
Citation
Circulation, 105(23), 2002, pp. 2708-2711
Publisher
American Heart Association
Journal
Circulation
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10034/95939
DOI
10.1161/01.CIR.0000020548.60110.76
Additional Links
http://circ.ahajournals.org
Type
Article
Language
en
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ISSN
0009-7322
1524-4539
Sponsors
This article was submitted to the RAE2008 for the University of Chester - Allied Health Professions and Studies.
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