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Imaging High-Risk Atherothrombosis Using a Novel Fibrin-Binding Positron Emission Tomography Probe
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that molecular fibrin PET imaging using 68Ga-CM246 could be a useful tool to diagnose experimental and clinical atherothrombosis. Based on our initial results using human carotid plaque specimens, in vivo molecular imaging studies are warranted to test 68Ga-CM246 PET as a tool to stratify risk in atherosclerotic patients.PMID:34965737 | DOI:10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035638
Source: Atherosclerosis - December 30, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: David Izquierdo-Garcia Himashinie Diyabalanage Ian A Ramsay Nicholas J Rotile Adam Mauskapf Ji-Kyung Choi Thomas Witzel Valerie Humblet Farouc A Jaffer Anna-Liisa Brownell Ahmed Tawakol Ciprian Catana Mark F Conrad Peter Caravan Ilknur Ay Source Type: research

Symptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Surgery, Stenting, or Medical Therapy?
Opinion statementSymptomatic carotid artery disease is a significant cause of ischemic stroke, and these patients are at high risk for recurrent vascular events. Patients with symptoms of stroke or transient ischemic attack attributable to a significantly stenotic vessel (70 –99% luminal narrowing) should be treated with intensive medical therapy. Intensive medical therapy is a combination of pharmacologic and lifestyle interventions consistent with best-known practices as follows: initiation of antiplatelet agent or anticoagulation if medically indicated, high potenc y statin medication, blood pressure control with goal...
Source: Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine - July 5, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research