Open AccessImprovement of liver metabolic activity in people with advanced HIV after antiretroviral therapy initiation
Author(s) -
Reema Patel,
Maura Manion,
Elizabeth Laidlaw,
Paul Wakim,
Zeping Wang,
Megan Anderson,
Frances Galindo,
Adam Rupert,
Andrea Lisco,
Theo Heller,
Irini Sereti,
Dima A. Hammoud
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000003302
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , gastroenterology , antiretroviral therapy , liver disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , nuclear medicine , viral load , immunology
Evaluating hepatic metabolic changes in people with HIV (PWH) with advanced disease, before and after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, using [ 18 F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-computed tomography (PET/CT). FDG PET/CT noninvasively quantifies glucose metabolism in organs.