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ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2011

Uptake of F-18 FDG and ultrasound analysis of carotid plaque.

Yun-Seok Choi, Ho-Joong Youn, Woo-Baek Chung, Hui-Jeong Hwang, Dong-Hyeon Lee, Chul-Soo Park, Jae-Beom Lee, Pum-Joon Kim, Wook-Sung Chung, Man-Young Lee and 2 more

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Article in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular imaging of carotid artery atherosclerosis with PET: a systematic review.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2020
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  5. 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 · 2012
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  6. Molecular imaging in atherosclerosis: FDG PET.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yun-Seok ChoiDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, #505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea.
Ho-Joong Youn
Woo-Baek Chung
Hui-Jeong Hwang
Dong-Hyeon Lee
Chul-Soo Park
Jae-Beom Lee
Pum-Joon Kim
Wook-Sung Chung
Man-Young Lee
Kie-Bae Seung
Yong-Ahn Chung
Catholic University of Korea · KRSeoul St. Mary's Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo elucidate the relation between the echolucent plaque on carotid ultrasound and acute inflammation on F-18 FDG carotid PET/CT.

methodsThirty nine patients (M:F ratio = 23:16, mean age = 63 ± 11 years) that underwent coronary angiography and carotid ultrasound were divided into three groups-echolucent plaque (n = 22), calcified (n = 10), and no plaque(n = 7). All the patients underwent F-18 FDG carotid PET/CT. The mean standardized uptake values (SUV), namely target to background ratio (TBR) on 180 minutes delayed F-18 FDG carotid PET/CT images were compared with levels of serum inflammatory markers and lipid profiles, and in terms of the presence of carotid plaque on carotid US.

results180 minutes TBR of carotid arterial wall at echolucent plaque, calcified plaque, and no plaque were 1.40 ± 0.05, 1.23 ± 0.03, 1.17 ± 0.03 in both carotid artery. TBR of carotid arterial walls for echolucent plaque were significantly larger than TBR for calcified, and no plaque respectively at the both side of carotid artery (P < .05). Serum HDL levels were found to be inversely correlated with F-18 FDG uptake at both carotid arteries (r = -0.43, P = .005) on 180 minutes delayed phase images. Also serum hs-CRP levels were found to be correlated with F-18 FDG TBR values of right carotid arteries (r = 0.41, P = .04).

conclusionsOur results show that F-18 FDG carotid PET/CT can depict metabolically active atherosclerotic plaques, and suggest that F-18 FDG carotid PET/CT can be used as a noninvasive imaging modality for functional evaluation of atherosclerosis.

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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18RadiopharmaceuticalsAgedCarotid Artery DiseasesCholesterol, HDLC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPositron-Emission TomographyUltrasonographyCholesterol, HDLC-Reactive ProteinFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

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