Defining Inflammatory Levels of Carotid Artery and Aortic ¹⁸FDG Uptake: Implications for Clinical Trial Design and Individual Patient Management

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Oct;9(10):1208-1210. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.05.014. Epub 2016 Sep 14.

Authors

Henry Gewirtz¹, Vasken Dilsizian²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (Cardiology Division), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 27639758
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.05.014

No abstract available

Keywords: PET (18)FDG arterial uptake; carotid artery; clinical trials; target background ratio; vascular inflammation.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Aorta
Carotid Artery, Common
Clinical Trials as Topic*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18