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Atherosclerosis Imaging Positron Emission Tomography
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Atherosclerosis Imaging Positron Emission Tomography

Sze Jia Ng, Hui Chong Lau, Rizwan Naseer, Simran Sandhu, William Y. Raynor, Thomas J. Werner and Abass Alavi
PET clinics, v 18(1), pp 71-80
01 Jan 2023
PMID: 36442967

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Science & Technology
Assessment of molecular changes by PET has introduced a new paradigm in atherosclerosis imaging, which has traditionally relied on anatomic changes visualized by conventional angiography or computed tomography. The use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) to identify atherosclerotic changes in the vessel wall was first described more than 2 decades ago. Since then, PET tracers targeting macrophage activity, neoangiogenesis, smooth muscle activity, and other aspects of atherogenic changes have been proposed. The evolving roles of PET tracers including frontrunners FDG and 18F-sodium fluoride, which show arterial wall inflammation and microcalcification, respectively, are discussed

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