A Pilot Trial to Examine the Changes in Carotid Arterial Inflammation in Renal Transplant Recipients as Assessed by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography (PET/CT).
CONCLUSIONS 18F-FDG uptake by the WH and MDS tended to reduce after renal transplantation. Therefore, renal transplantation may confer an anti-inflammatory effect on carotid atherosclerosis in patients with CKD; however, this effect is not large enough to be demonstrated in this study with small sample size.
PMID: 29904040 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Yoon HE, Kim Y, Kim SD, Oh JK, Chung YA, Shin SJ, Yang CW, Seo SM Tags: Ann Transplant Source Type: research
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