Investigating Vulnerable Atheroma Using Combined <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Angiography of Carotid Plaque with Immunohistochemical Validation - Concepedia

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Investigating Vulnerable Atheroma Using Combined <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Angiography of Carotid Plaque with Immunohistochemical Validation

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2011

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Leon Menezes, Carl W. Kotze, Obi Agu, Toby Richards, Jocelyn Brookes, Vicky Goh, Manuel Rodriguez‐Justo, Raymondo Endozo, Richard J. Harvey, Syed Wamique Yusuf,

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Abstract

We provide in vivo evidence that increased plaque metabolism is associated with increased biomarkers of angiogenesis and inflammation, whereas plaque calcification is inversely related to PET and histologic biomarkers of inflammation.

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