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In Vivo ¹⁸F-FDG-PET Imaging in Mouse Atherosclerosis.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2015
Mateo Jesús, Bilbao Izaskun, Vaquero Juan José, Ruiz-Cabello Jesús, España Samuel
Abstract excerpt
Positron emission tomography (PET) is an important technique in cardiovascular research. Vascular inflammation detected by fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET has been shown to predict cardiovascular (CV) events independent of traditional risk factors and is also highly associated with overall burden of atherosclerosis. The use of PET imaging in mouse models of atherosclerosis is challenged by the reduced size of the...
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