Glucose metabolism in the vessel wall correlates with mechanical instability and inflammatory changes in : A patient with a growing aneurysm of the abdominal aorta

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 507-509

  Essler, Markus ^a   Reeps, Christian ^a   Gee, Michael W ^a   Maier, A ^a   Pelisek, Jaroslav ^a   Gurdan, Manuela ^a   Wall, Wolfgang ^a   Mariss, Jan ^a   Eckstein, Hans Henning ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449084875     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.858712     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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