Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation With [ 18 F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography
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- 11 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 105 (23), 2708-2711
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000020548.60110.76
Abstract
Background— Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is usually a consequence of inflammatory cell activity within the plaque. Current imaging techniques provide anatomic data but no indication of plaque inf...Keywords
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