Is 18F-FDG PET/CT a valuable diagnostic tool for verifying accelerated atherosclerosis secondary to diabetes mellitus on insulin in the aortic segments and large arteries?

CONCLUSION: Our results show that inflammatory component of atherosclerosis was more severe in all aortic segments in subjects with IDDM compared to those of controls. Presence of macroscopic calcification also detected to be more frequently encountered in the descending thoracic and abdominal aorta in subjects with IDDM. Fluorine-18-FDG PET/CT is a valuable diagnostic tool for detecting and semi-quantifying accelerated atherosclerotic inflammatory and calcific changes secondary to diabetes mellitus treated with insulin in the aortic segments and large arteries. PMID: 29177258 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research