Carotid FDG uptake improves prediction of future cardiovascular events in asymptomatic individuals

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 949-956

  Moon, Seung Hwan ^a   Cho, Young Seok ^a   Noh, Tae Soo ^a   Choi, Joon Young ^a   Kim, Byung Tae ^a   Lee, Kyung Han ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18F FDG; cardiovascular events; carotid artery; prognosis; risk prediction

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; 2-FLUORO-2-DEOXYGLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84939517137     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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