Imaging atherosclerotic plaque inflammation by fluorodeoxyglucose with positron emission tomography: ready for prime time?

JHF Rudd, J Narula, HW Strauss, R Virmani… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - jacc.org
Inflammation is a determinant of atherosclerotic plaque rupture, the event leading to most
myocardial infarctions and strokes. Although conventional imaging techniques identify the …

FDG–PET can distinguish inflamed from non-inflamed plaque in an animal model of atherosclerosis

JR Davies, D Izquierdo-Garcia, JHF Rudd… - The international journal …, 2010 - Springer
The presence of activated macrophages is an important predictor of atherosclerotic plaque
rupture. In this study, our aim was to determine the accuracy of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose …

18F-FDG uptake and calcifications in the thoracic aorta on positron emission tomography/computed tomography examinations: frequency and stability on serial scans

GSP Meirelles, M Gonen… - Journal of thoracic imaging, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Vascular 18 F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18 F-FDG) uptake has been suggested
as a means of identifying metabolically active atheroma, whereas vascular calcification is …

F-18-FDG imaging for atherosclerotic plaque characterization

C Wenning, L Stegger, S Hermann, O Schober… - Current Cardiovascular …, 2011 - Springer
Atherosclerosis is a dynamic inflammatory disease of the arterial vessel wall which is still the
“number one killer” in Western civilization. It turned out recently that the molecular …

Molecular imaging of atherosclerosis

MPS Dunphy, HW Strauss - Current Cardiology Reports, 2008 - Springer
Techniques are being developed for clinical molecular imaging of atherosclerosis to identify
and characterize vulnerable plaques in each vascular territory. Molecular imaging …

[PDF][PDF] The RIGHT study: Risk stratification with Image Guidance of HMG coa reductase inhibitor Therapy

N Mehta, M Ahlman, A Remaley, T Cropper - classic.clinicaltrials.gov
Although contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography (CTA) with multidetector computed
tomography (MDCT) has been used extensively to characterize coronary artery plaque …