PET imaging of aortic atherosclerosis: Is combined imaging of plaque anatomy and function an amaranthine quest or conceivable reality?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-728

  Small, Gary R ^a   Ruddy, Terrence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; atherosclerosis; functional molecular imaging; PET

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FUMAGILLIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 80052510038     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9385-9     Document Type: Review

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