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Non-invasive imaging of atherosclerotic plaque macrophage in a rabbit model with F-18 FDG PET: a histopathological correlation

BACKGROUND: Coronary atherosclerosis and its thrombotic complications are the major cause of mortality and morbidity throughout the industrialized world. Thrombosis on disrupted atherosclerotic plaques plays a key role in the onset of acute coronary syndromes. Macrophages density is one of the most...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Zhuangyu, Machac, Josef, Helft, Gerard, Worthley, Stephen G, Tang, Cheuk, Zaman, Azfar G, Rodriguez, Oswaldo J, Buchsbaum, Monte S, Fuster, Valentin, Badimon, Juan J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1479805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16725052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2385-6-3