Imaging atherosclerosis with hybrid [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging: What Leonardo da Vinci could not see

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1211-1225

  Cocker, Myra S ^a   Mc Ardle, Brian ^a   Spence, J David ^b   Lum, Cheemun ^c   Hammond, Robert R ^d   Ongaro, Deidre C ^a   McDonald, Matthew A ^a   Dekemp, Robert A ^a   Tardif, Jean Claude ^e   Beanlands, Rob S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose; Calcification; Computed tomography; Inflammation; Positron emission tomography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID C 11; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLINE C 11; DALCETRAPIB; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 68; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE C 11; PLACEBO; SODIUM FLUORIDE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875545776     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9631-9     Document Type: Review

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