Embers after fire: Are we close to real time visualization of persistent inflammation post-Kawasaki disease?

Jacqueline Monteiro Pires¹, Attila Feher^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Dana 3, P.O. Box 208017, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
² Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Dana 3, P.O. Box 208017, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA. attila.feher@yale.edu.
³ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. attila.feher@yale.edu.

Editorial

Jacqueline Monteiro Pires et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;30(1):276-279.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-022-03116-z. Epub 2022 Oct 3.

Jacqueline Monteiro Pires¹, Attila Feher^{2

3}

¹ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Dana 3, P.O. Box 208017, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
² Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Dana 3, P.O. Box 208017, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA. attila.feher@yale.edu.
³ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. attila.feher@yale.edu.

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Ongoing vascular inflammation evaluated by ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients long after Kawasaki disease.
Suda K, Tahara N, Bekki M, Nakamura T, Honda A, Kishimoto S, Kagiyama Y, Iemura M, Fujimoto K, Abe T, Fukumoto Y. Suda K, et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Feb;30(1):264-275. doi: 10.1007/s12350-022-03041-1. Epub 2022 Jul 7. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023. PMID: 35799038

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