High Levels of 18F-FDG Uptake in Aortic Aneurysm Wall are Associated with High Wall Stress

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-301

  Xu, X Y ^a   Borghi, A ^a   Nchimi, A ^b   Leung, J ^a   Gomez, P ^b   Cheng, Z ^a   Defraigne, J O ^c   Sakalihasan, N ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; PET CT examination; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; WALL STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77649270390     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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