Prevalence, Distribution, and Intensity of 68Ga-Pentixafor Uptake
Common carotid artery | Iliac artery | Femoral artery | |||||||
Characteristic | Right | Left | Thoracic aorta | Abdominal aorta | Right | Left | Right | Left | Total |
Patients with uptake in artery wall | 30 (58.8) | 27 (52.9) | 50 (98.0) | 50 (98.0) | 43 (84.3) | 42 (82.4) | 44 (86.3) | 44 (86.3) | 51 (100.0) |
Uptake sites | 49 (3.5) | 55 (3.9) | 339 (24.0) | 369 (26.2) | 115 (8.2) | 115 (8.2) | 180 (12.8) | 189 (13.4) | 1,411 (100.0) |
Colocalization with calcification | 14 (28.6) | 15 (27.3) | 43 (12.7) | 156 (42.3) | 49 (42.6) | 53 (46.1) | 70 (38.9) | 73 (38.6) | 473 (33.5) |
SUVmax | |||||||||
Mean ± SD | 2.9 ± 0.5 | 2.9 ± 0.5 | 3.3 ± 0.6 | 3.6 ± 0.8 | 3.4 ± 0.7 | 3.4 ± 0.6 | 3.3 ± 0.6 | 3.4 ± 0.7 | 3.4 ± 0.7 |
Range | 2.2–4.5 | 2.3–4.9 | 2.0–6.1 | 1.8–7.3 | 2.4–5.3 | 2.0–5.3 | 2.0–5.4 | 1.9–6.6 | 1.8–7.3 |
TBR | |||||||||
Mean ± SD | 1.7 ± 0.4 | 1.6 ± 0.4 | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 2.1 ± 0.6 | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 2.1 ± 0.6 | 2.0 ± 0.5 |
Range | 1.1–2.8 | 1.1–2.9 | 1.2–4.3 | 1.2–4.9 | 1.2–3.1 | 1.2–3.9 | 1.2–4.3 | 1.2–4.4 | 1.1–4.9 |
Data are numbers followed by percentages in parentheses, unless otherwise indicated.