PET imaging of atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is a chronic, progressive, multifocal disease of the arterial wall, which is mainly fuelled by local and systemic inflammation, often resulting in acute ischemic events following plaque rupture and vessel occlusion. When assessing the cardiovascular risk of an individual patient, we...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Future cardiology 2015-01, Vol.11 (1), p.115-131
Hauptverfasser:	Tarkin, Jason M, Joshi, Francis R, Rajani, Nikil K, Rudd, James HF
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis - diagnostic imaging Atherosclerosis - drug therapy Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging Cardiovascular diseases Combined Modality Therapy Diagnosis F-fluorodeoxyglucose Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Humans Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Hypoxia - diagnostic imaging inflammation Inflammation - diagnostic imaging Methods molecular imaging Neovascularization, Pathologic - diagnostic imaging Plaque, Atherosclerotic - diagnostic imaging Positron emission tomography Radiopharmaceuticals Risk Assessment Risk factors Stroke - prevention & control Tomography, X-Ray Computed vulnerable plaque
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