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Editorial
. 2023 Jan 31;81(4):355-357.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.035.

Somatostatin Receptor 2-Targeted PET Radiotracers Shine in Assessing Inflammatory Activity in Large Vessel Vasculitis

Ahmed Tawakol  1 , Michael T Osborne  2
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Editorial

Somatostatin Receptor 2-Targeted PET Radiotracers Shine in Assessing Inflammatory Activity in Large Vessel Vasculitis

Ahmed Tawakol et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Takayasu arteritis; atherosclerosis; giant cell arteritis; inflammation; molecular imaging; somatostatin receptor.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures Dr Tawakol is supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (nos. R01HL152957, AR077187, R33HL141047, R01HL149516, and R01HL137913); International Atomic Energy Agency; and Lung Biotechnology, Inc. Dr Osborne is supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (K23HL151909) for unrelated work; and has received consulting fees from WCG Intrinsic Imaging, LLC, for unrelated work. Dr Tawakol has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

Comment on

  • Somatostatin Receptor PET/MR Imaging of Inflammation in Patients With Large Vessel Vasculitis and Atherosclerosis.
    Ćorović A, Wall C, Nus M, Gopalan D, Huang Y, Imaz M, Zulcinski M, Peverelli M, Uryga A, Lambert J, Bressan D, Maughan RT, Pericleous C, Dubash S, Jordan N, Jayne DR, Hoole SP, Calvert PA, Dean AF, Rassl D, Barwick T, Iles M, Frontini M, Hannon G, Manavaki R, Fryer TD, Aloj L, Graves MJ, Gilbert FJ, Dweck MR, Newby DE, Fayad ZA, Reynolds G, Morgan AW, Aboagye EO, Davenport AP, Jørgensen HF, Mallat Z, Bennett MR, Peters JE, Rudd JHF, Mason JC, Tarkin JM. Ćorović A, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 31;81(4):336-354. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.034. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023. PMID: 36697134 Free PMC article.

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