Angiology: Open Access
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fourth Military Medical University, Xijing Hospital, Xi’an, China

Publications

• Research Article   
  18F-FDG-PET/CT Plays a Key Role in Formulating Treatment Strategies for Takayasu Arteritis
  Author(s): Qing Han, Xiang Zhou, Jie Han, Jin Ding, Fei Kang, Kui Zhang, Junfeng Jia, Qiang Liang, Zhaohui Zheng*, Jing Wang* and Ping Zhu*
  
  Objective: Compare the clinical data and 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging results of patients with Takayasu Arteritis (TAK) with active disease or who are in clinical remission. Methods: Forty TAK patients (8 with active disease, 32 in remission) were studied. Intravenous 18F-FDG was administered for imaging, and increased 18F-FDG uptake was considered positive. Results: All patients in both groups tested positive for TAK based on 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging. The active disease group had a higher TAK NIH score, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), and level of C Reactive Protein (CRP) (all P<0.001), but the two groups had similar sex ratios, age, and disease duration. Quantitative analysis of changes in the mean standard uptake value (SUVmean) and the maximum S.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9495.22.10.295

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