Do we need FDG-PET/CT to assess atherosclerosis?

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2017 Feb;44(2):247-248. doi: 10.1007/s00259-016-3568-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortitis / epidemiology
  • Atherosclerosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Atherosclerosis / epidemiology
  • Causality
  • Comorbidity
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / statistics & numerical data*
  • Prevalence
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Assessment / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sodium Fluoride*
  • Survival Rate
  • Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vascular Calcification / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Sodium Fluoride