Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8826178 | Seminars in Nuclear Medicine | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Molecular imaging provides multiple imaging techniques to identify characteristics of vulnerable plaque including I) Inflammatory cells (the presence and metabolic activity of macrophages), II) synthesis of lipid and fatty acid in the plaque, III) the presence of hypoxia in severely inflamed lesions, IV) expression of factors stimulating angiogenesis, V) expression of protease enzymes in the lesion, VI) development of microthrombi in late-phase lesions, VII) apoptosis, and VIII) microcalcification.
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Authors
Takehiro MD, PhD, Jagat MD, PhD, H. William MD,