Fusion of positron emission tomography and coronary computed tomographic angiography identifies fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the left main coronary artery soft plaque.
Alexanderson
Erick
E
Unidad PET/CT Ciclotron, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico. alexanderick@yahoo.com
Slomka
Piotr
P
Cheng
Victor
V
Meave
Aloha
A
Saldaña
Yolanda
Y
García-Rojas
Leonardo
L
Berman
Daniel
D
D000368:Aged; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012907:Smoking
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18