Imaging intraplaque inflammation in carotid atherosclerosis with 11C-PK11195 positron emission tomography/computed tomography

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1902-1910

  Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Shalhoub, Joseph ^b   Owen, David R J ^a   Lamare, Frederic ^a   Johansson, Saga ^c   Fouladi, Naghmeh ^c   Davies, Alun H ^b   Rimoldi, Ornella E ^a,d   Camici, Paolo G ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

11C PK11195; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; CT angiography; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE C 11; TRITIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLINDNESS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROKE;

AGED; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84864628850     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr367     Document Type: Article

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