Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in Atheroma: Not So Simple

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Sep 3;74(9):1233-1236. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.07.009.

Authors

Peter Libby¹, Deepak L Bhatt², Marcelo Di Carli³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: plibby@bwh.harvard.edu.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/DLBHATTMD.
³ Department of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 31466621
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.07.009

No abstract available

Keywords: PET/CT; atherosclerosis; fluorodeoxyglucose; inflammation; macrophages.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Positron-Emission Tomography

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18