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ReviewAmerican journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2023

The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography in the diagnosis and monitoring of large vessel vasculitides - a review article.

Mahshid Bahrami, Hossein Mohammadi, Hannaneh Mirgaloyebayat, Zahra Mohajeri, Pooya Fazeli, Azad Mojahedi, Ali Afsharirad, Reza Tavakoli, Amirhossein Sadeghian, Sayed Mohammad Amin Nourian

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Review in American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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10 authors.

Mahshid BahramiDepartment of Radiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran.
Hossein MohammadiSchool of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran.
Hannaneh MirgaloyebayatDepartment of Radiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran.
Zahra MohajeriFaculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran.
Pooya FazeliSchool of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan, Iran.
Azad MojahediDepartment of Internal Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY 10041, USA.
Ali AfshariradDepartment of General Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.
Reza TavakoliDepartment of Radiology, Arak University of Medical Sciences Arak, Iran.
Amirhossein SadeghianZabol University of Medical Sciences Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.
Sayed Mohammad Amin NourianCollege of Medicine, Florida International University-FIU/AUA Miami, Florida 33199, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last two decades, advancements in positron emission tomography (PET) technology have increased the diagnostic accuracy of patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Numerous systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been conducted, and patients suspected of having LVV can be diagnosed earlier with 18F-FDG PET. Two subtypes, giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TA), will progress when their response to corticosteroids and enhanced immunosuppression is inadequate. In the majority of patients, disease activity cannot be monitored solely through laboratory procedures; consequently, glucose metabolism may be a source of potential biomarkers. In this article, we discuss the current state of 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging standards.

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computed tomographyPET scanvasculitis

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PMID37736492
PMCPMC10509293

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