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Editorial

. 2017 Mar;10(3):e006183.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.006183.

Molecular Imaging of Atheroma: Deciphering How and When to Use ¹⁸F-Sodium Fluoride and ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose

Ahmed Tawakol¹, Michael T Osborne², Zahi A Fayad²

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ From the Cardiology Division Department of Medicine, and Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (A.T., M.T.O); and Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (Z.A.F.). atawakol@mgh.harvard.edu.
² From the Cardiology Division Department of Medicine, and Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (A.T., M.T.O); and Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (Z.A.F.).

PMID: 28292862
PMCID: PMC5381650
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.006183

Editorial

Molecular Imaging of Atheroma: Deciphering How and When to Use ¹⁸F-Sodium Fluoride and ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose

Ahmed Tawakol et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;10(3):e006183.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.006183.

Authors

Ahmed Tawakol¹, Michael T Osborne², Zahi A Fayad²

Affiliations

¹ From the Cardiology Division Department of Medicine, and Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (A.T., M.T.O); and Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (Z.A.F.). atawakol@mgh.harvard.edu.
² From the Cardiology Division Department of Medicine, and Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (A.T., M.T.O); and Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (Z.A.F.).

PMID: 28292862
PMCID: PMC5381650
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.006183

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; atherosclerosis; fluorodeoxyglucose; positron emission tomography / computed tomography; sodium fluoride; stroke.

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¹⁸F-Fluoride and ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Ischemic Stroke: Case-Control Study.
Vesey AT, Jenkins WS, Irkle A, Moss A, Sng G, Forsythe RO, Clark T, Roberts G, Fletcher A, Lucatelli C, Rudd JH, Davenport AP, Mills NL, Al-Shahi Salman R, Dennis M, Whiteley WN, van Beek EJ, Dweck MR, Newby DE. Vesey AT, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Mar;10(3):e004976. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.004976. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017. PMID: 28292859 Free PMC article.

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