ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2009
Assessment of inactive, active and mixed atherosclerotic plaques by 18F-FDG-PET; an age group-based correlation with cardiovascular risk factors.
Article in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Serum uric acid in asymptomatic adults is weakly associated with carotid artery FDG uptake but not intima-media thickness.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2020Article
- Positron emission tomography of the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque in man--a contemporary review.Clinical physiology and functional imaging · 2014Review
- Molecular imaging of plaques in coronary arteries with PET and SPECT.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2014Review
- Biological imaging of atherosclerosis: moving beyond anatomy.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2013Review
- Imaging atherosclerosis with hybrid [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging: what Leonardo da Vinci could not see.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2012Review
- Glucose metabolic trapping in mouse arteries: nonradioactive assay of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation applicable to drug discovery.PloS one · 2012Article
- The year in molecular imaging.JACC. Cardiovascular imaging · 2010Review
- Atherosclerotic plaque imaging by PET/CT; can inactive, active and mixed plaques be discerned?The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2009Article
- Nuclear Molecular Imaging for Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques.Korean journal of radiologyReview
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to assess the atherosclerotic plaques in a large asymptomatic population stratified based on age and sex.
methods[18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)-PET/CT of 100 men and 100 women, divided in four age groups were examined to assess FDG-accumulating active, calcified inactive and mixed atherosclerotic plaques in eight defined vessel segments.
resultsThere was a high correlation between the total number of cardiovascular risk factors and the number of FDG-accumulating active plaques as well as the number of calcified inactive plaques. There was a significant difference in the number of plaques between all age-groups except for active plaques in age groups 60-70 and 80-90 years.
conclusionsThere is a correlation between the number of cardiovascular risk factors and the number of FDG-accumulating atherosclerotic lesions in this patient material. Statin-treatment was associated with significantly lower numbers of active plaques.
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