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Detection of symptomatic carotid atherosclerosis from 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose and 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography after stroke: A prospective study
Aim: We investigated whether symptomatic carotid atherosclerosis can be detected by using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (NaF) positron emission tomography (PET) among cerebral infarction patients.
Source: Atherosclerosis - August 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jeong -Min Kim, Woo Hyun Paik, Byeong Jun Song, Eun Seoung Lee, Kwang -Yeol Park, Ju Won Seok Source Type: research

Symptomatic carotid atherosclerosis detection by positron emission tomography imaging
Aim: We investigated whether sodium fluoride (NaF) positron emission tomography (PET) were superior to fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET in the detection of symptomatic carotid artery among stroke patients with carotid artery stenosis.
Source: Atherosclerosis - August 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jeong -Min Kim, Woo Hyun Paik, Byeong Jun Song, Eun Seoung Lee, Kwang -Yeol Park, Ju Won Seok, Oh -Sang Kwon Source Type: research

Exploring the nature of atheroma and cardiovascular inflammation in-vivo using Positron emission Tomography (PET).
Abstract Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has become widely established in oncology. Subsequently a whole new "toolbox" of tracers have become available to look at different aspects of cancer cell function and dysfunction including cell protein production, DNA synthesis, hypoxia and angiogenesis. In the last 5 years these tools have been used increasingly to look at the other great killer of the developed world; cardiovascular disease. For example inflammation of the unstable plaque can be imaged with fluorine-18 (F-18) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and this uptake can be quantified to show the effect statins have in...
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - June 2, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Buscombe JR Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research

Identification of Suspected Ruptured Atherosclerotic Plaque in Acute Ischemic Stroke on (18)F-Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography.
PMID: 25993996 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation Journal - May 21, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hung GU, Hung CH, Chen TY, Kung WM, Wei CY, Kao CH, Uchiyama S Tags: Circ J Source Type: research

Scan could detect those on brink of heart attack
Conclusion This is a valuable study which shows the promise of using PET-CT with radioactively labelled sodium fluoride (NaF) as a way of identifying fatty deposits in the heart arteries that could be at risk of rupturing and causing a heart attack. The results confirmed that the marker used in this study (NaF) was better than the chemical marker normally used in PET-CT scans (FDG). The technique has the principal value of being a non-invasive technique compared with coronary angiography, which is the standard method used to look at blockages in heart arteries. As it does not involve surgical intervention, this could ha...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Medical practice Source Type: news

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