Increased metabolic activity highlighted by positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the wall of the dissected ascending aorta in a patient with Horton disease

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Jul;6(4):606-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000317.
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Keywords: Horton disease; dissection; positron emission tomography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / metabolism
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / metabolism
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Dissection / metabolism
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery
  • Aortography / methods
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / metabolism
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / surgery
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18