title: [Detection of inflammation in an atherosclerose plaque: the role of the positron emission tomography and C reactive protein].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate that inflammatory atheromatose carotid plaques can be visualized with positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG PET) in symptomatic patients, in order to correlate them with systemic inflammatory markers, such as CRP.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen patients with cerebral ischemia due to atherosclerotic carotid disease were studied. 18FDG uptake with PET was considered and blood samples were taken for determining high sensibility C reactive protein (HsCRP).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patients was 66 years; 11 of them were males (73%) and 4 were females (27%). 18FDG PET was positive in 12 patients (80%), while 100% of the studied population had low risk HsCRP with normal white cell count.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  18FDG PET proves active inflammation in carotid atheromatose plaques. There was no significant correlation between the presence of ahteromatose carotid plaques, HsCRP serum levels, and 18FDG PET study.
authors: Unidad PET/CT-Ciclotrón, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, DF México. alexanderick@yahoo.com
authors: Erick
authors: E
authors: Alexánderson
authors: Raúl G
authors: RG
authors: Mendoza
authors: Gloria
authors: G
authors: Adame
authors: José Antonio
authors: JA
authors: Talayero
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Sierra
authors: Patricio
authors: P
authors: Cruz
authors: Leonardo
authors: L
authors: García-Rojas
authors: Mónica
authors: M
authors: Rodríguez-Valero
authors: Armando
authors: A
authors: Flores
authors: Adolfo
authors: A
authors: Zárate
authors: Aloha
authors: A
authors: Meave
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Arauz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein