Aortic inflammation, as assessed by hybrid FDG-PET/CT imaging, is associated with enhanced aortic stiffness in addition to concurrent calcification

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 979-985

  Joly, Laure ^a,b,c   Djaballah, Wassila ^a,c   Koehl, Gregory ^a   Mandry, Damien ^a,b,c   Dolivet, Gilles ^d   Marie, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Benetos, Athanase ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; FDG; Hybrid PET CT imaging; Imaging; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDITIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIAL ARTERY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349221470     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-1047-z     Document Type: Article

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