Imaging of early inflammation in low-to-moderate carotid stenosis by 18-FDG-PET

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3352-3360

  Font, M Angels ^a   Fernandez, Alex ^a   Carvajal, Ana ^a   Gamez, Cristina ^a   Badimon, Lina ^b   Slevin, Mark ^b,c   Krupinski, Jerzy ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

18FDG PET; Atherosclerosis; Carotid disease; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63849189926     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2735/3457     Document Type: Article

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