PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sharma, Vijay K.
AU  - Paliwal, Prakash R.
AU  - Sinha, Arvind K.
TI  - Plaque Inflammation Imaging in Severe Carotid Stenosis and Recurrent Cerebral Ischemia
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.114.153627
DP  - 2015 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 299--300
VI  - 43
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/43/4/299.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/43/4/299.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2015 Dec 01; 43
AB  - A strong relationship exists between the severity of carotid stenosis and early stroke risk. Inflammation is believed to be an important event for atherosclerotic plaque destabilization and subsequent thromboembolism. 18F-FDG can image atherosclerotic inflammation, providing information about plaque biology, which may serve as a useful biomarker for the assessment of early stroke risk.