PET radiotracers in atherosclerosis: a review

I Blanchard, N Vootukuru, A Bhattaru, S Patil… - Current Problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional atherosclerosis imaging modalities are limited to late stages of disease, prior to
which patients are frequently asymptomatic. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging …

An increased understanding of the association between atherosclerosis and immune checkpoint inhibitors

JM Ellison, A Nohria - Current Cardiology Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy activates the host
immune system to promote tumor cell death. This activation of the immune system can lead …

In Situ Mapping of the Glucose Metabolism Heterogeneity in Atherosclerosis: Correlation With 2-Deoxyglucose Uptake

J Haddad, S Demirdelen, CE Barnes… - Molecular …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective 2-Deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose ([18F] FDG) is widely used for noninvasive
imaging of atherosclerosis. However, knowledge about metabolic processes underlying …

In Vivo Classification and Characterization of Carotid Atherosclerotic Lesions with Integrated 18F-FDG PET/MRI

F Yu, Y Zhang, H Sun, X Li, Y Shan, C Zheng, B Cui… - Diagnostics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: The aim of this study was to exploit integrated PET/MRI to simultaneously
evaluate the morphological, component, and metabolic features of advanced atherosclerotic …

Morphological feature and mapping inflammation in classified carotid plaques in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients: A hybrid 18F-FDG PET/MR study

Y Zhang, B Cui, H Yang, J Ma, Y Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To investigate morphological and inflamed-metabolism features of carotid
atherosclerotic plaques between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with hybrid 18F …