Noninvasive Detection and Localization of Vulnerable Plaque and Arterial Thrombosis With Computed Tomography Angiography/Positron Emission Tomography | Zendy

Kusai Aziz | Zendy; Kevin L. Berger | Zendy; Kate Claycombe | Zendy; Ruiping Huang | Zendy; Roshan M. Patel | Zendy; George S. Abela | Zendy

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Noninvasive Detection and Localization of Vulnerable Plaque and Arterial Thrombosis With Computed Tomography Angiography/Positron Emission Tomography

Author(s) -

Kusai Aziz,

Kevin L. Berger,

Kate Claycombe,

Ruiping Huang,

Roshan M. Patel,

George S. Abela

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.652313

Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , radiology , thrombosis , computed tomography , positron emission tomography computed tomography , angiography , tomography , vulnerable plaque , computed tomography angiography , nuclear medicine , pathology

It has been shown that plaque uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose is proportional to macrophage density. We tested the hypothesis that arterial thrombosis occurs in areas with high fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and that computed tomography angiography (CTA) can detect thrombi in vessels.

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