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 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.114.153627
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2015/04/09/jnmt.114.153627.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2015/04/09/jnmt.114.153627.full
AB  - Strong relationship exists between the severity of carotid stenosis and early stroke-risk. Inflammation is believed to be an important event for atherosclerotic plaque destabilisation and subsequent thrombo-embolism. 18-Fluoro-deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (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.