A novel method to measure vascular inflammation by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography scanning of the aorta

Nucl Med Commun. 2019 Oct;40(10):1087-1089. doi: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000001055.

Authors

Vicente F Corrales-Medina^{1

2}, Charlene M Habibi¹, Jerry Wang³, Steven J Glassman^{1

2}, Paul MacPherson^{1

2}, Rob Sb Beanlands^{3

2}, Rob A deKemp^{3

2}, Girish Dwivedi^{3

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
² Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
⁴ Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Fiona Stanley Hospital (Murdoch), University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.

PMID: 31517809
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000001055

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging*
Aorta / pathology
Aorta / physiopathology
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Inflammation / diagnostic imaging
Inflammation / pathology
Inflammation / physiopathology
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Vascular Diseases / pathology
Vascular Diseases / physiopathology

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18