title: Positron Emission Tomography Assessment of Left Main Coronary Arterial Inflammation With Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Validation Before and After Statin Therapy: More Promise for Fluorodeoxyglucose Vascular Uptake?
authors.affiliation: From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. nehal.mehta@nih.gov.
authors.forename: Nehal N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001167:Arteritis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D007249:Inflammation; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Editorials; atherosclerosis; carotid artery; coronary artery disease; inflammation; positron emission tomography