Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease results in> 19 million deaths annually, and coronary
heart disease accounts for the majority of this toll. Despite major advances in treatment of …

PET imaging of atherosclerosis can quantify several in vivo pathological processes
occurring within the arterial system. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is the most-commonly …

Background—Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is usually a consequence of inflammatory cell
activity within the plaque. Current imaging techniques provide anatomic data but no …

Objectives: Given the importance of inflammation in atherosclerosis, we sought to determine
if atherosclerotic plaque inflammation could be measured noninvasively in humans using …

Objectives: We investigated whether simvastatin attenuates plaque inflammation by using
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18FDG-PET) co-registered with …

Objectives: This study investigated the regulation of glucose uptake in cells that participate
in atherogenesis by stimuli relevant to this process, to gain mechanistic insight into the origin …

Inflammation plays a major role in all phases of atherosclerosis. Stable plaques are
characterized by a chronic inflammatory infiltrate, whereas vulnerable and ruptured plaques …

Objectives: This study tested the hypothesis that fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake within the
ascending aorta and left main coronary artery (LM), measured using positron emission …

Vessel wall imaging can depict the morphologies of atherosclerotic plaques, arterial walls,
and surrounding structures in the intracranial and cervical carotid arteries beyond the simple …

The rupture of atherosclerotic plaques and the subsequent formation of thrombi are the main
factors responsible for myocardial and cerebral infarctions. Thus, the detection of vulnerable …