Detección de inflamación en placa aterosclerosa: rol de la tomografía por emisión de positrones y de la proteína C reactiva / Detection of inflammation in an atherosclerose plaque: the role of the positron emission tomography and C reactive protein
Arch. cardiol. Méx
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77(4): 288-294, oct.-dic. 2007. tab, ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-567021
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To demonstrate that inflammatory atheromatose carotid plaques can be visualized with positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG PET) in symptomatic patients, in order to correlate them with systemic inflammatory markers, such as CRP.METHOD:
Fifteen patients with cerebral ischemia due to atherosclerotic carotid disease were studied. 18FDG uptake with PET was considered and blood samples were taken for determining high sensibility C reactive protein (HsCRP).RESULTS:
The mean age of the patients was 66 years; 11 of them were males (73%) and 4 were females (27%). 18FDG PET was positive in 12 patients (80%), while 100% of the studied population had low risk HsCRP with normal white cell count.CONCLUSIONS:
18FDG PET proves active inflammation in carotid atheromatose plaques. There was no significant correlation between the presence of ahteromatose carotid plaques, HsCRP serum levels, and 18FDG PET study.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
C-Reactive Protein
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Carotid Artery Diseases
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Positron-Emission Tomography
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Arch. cardiol. Méx
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez/MX
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/MX
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