title: [Positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of atherosclerotic plaques in cancer patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the capacities of radionuclide diagnosis of atherosclerotic changes in the great vessels in cancer patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) was used to image unstable atherosclerotic plaques in the aorta and great vessels. Whole-body radiodiagnostic studies were retrospectively analyzed in 500 cancer patients of different ages and with different forms of neoplasms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tomographic images showed atherosclerotic plaques in 21% of the patients with the verified diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) and in 17% without its clinical manifestations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study showed it possible to identify a cardiovascular risk in cancer patients.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Sergienko
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Panchkovskaia
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Manukova
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rudas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18