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FDG-PET is an effective imaging modality to detect and quantify age-related atherosclerosis in large arteries

Gonca Bural, Drew A. Torigian, Wichana Chamroonrat, Mohamed Houseni, Wengen Chen, Sandip Basu, Rakesh Kumar, Abass Alavi

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging · 2007 · 138 citations · 20 references

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Cardiovascular Medicine at the Turn of the Millennium: Triumphs, Concerns, and Opportunities

Eugene Braunwald · New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 1.4K citations

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Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation With [ <sup>18</sup> F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

James H.F. Rudd, Elizabeth A. Warburton, Tim D. Fryer et al. · Circulation · 2002 · 1.2K citations

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Simvastatin Attenuates Plaque Inflammation

Nobuhiro Tahara, Hisashi Kai, Masatoshi Ishibashi et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2006 · 653 citations

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The value of [18F]FDG-PET in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis and the assessment of activity and extent of disease

Martin A. Walter, R Melzer, Christian Schindler et al. · European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging · 2005 · 359 citations

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(18)F-FDG accumulation in atherosclerotic plaques: immunohistochemical and PET imaging study.

Mikako Ogawa, Seigo Ishino, Takahiro Mukai et al. · PubMed · 2004 · 331 citations

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