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Shaharuddin, Shazreen and Azman, Ahmad Zaid Fattah and Ali, Katiza Haida and Mohamad, Abdul Latiff and Ahmad Saad, Fathinul Fikri and Nordin, Abdul Jalil
(2013)
Vulnerable plaque detection: The role of 18-fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose in identifying high risk patients.
Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 49 (4).
pp. 329-336.
ISSN 2090-5068; ESSN: 2090-5076
Abstract
Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) is a combined functional and structural multi modality imaging tool that can be utilized to detect vulnerable and atherosclerotic plaques. In this study we observe the prevalence of active and calcified plaques in selected arteries during whole-body 18F-FDG PET-CT and correlate the findings with risk factors in developing coronary artery disease. There was a significant relationship between patients with high body mass index and vulnerable plaques. We concluded that 18F-FDG PET-CT can be utilized in detecting focal high FDG uptake within vascular plaque in early recognition of high risk patients having vascular accidents.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Centre For Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajme.2013.04.002 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Keywords: | Atherosclerosis; Plaque; Computed tomography; Positron emission tomography; Fluorodeoxyglucose; Multimodality |
| Depositing User: | Umikalthom Abdullah |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2015 08:27 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2016 03:43 |
| Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.ajme.2013.04.002 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30898 |
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