Greater aortic inflammation and calcification in abdominal aortic aneurysmal disease than atherosclerosis: a prospective matched cohort study - Joshi, Nikhil V; Elkhawad, Maysoon; Forsythe, Rachael O; McBride, Olivia M B; Rajani, Nikil K; Tarkin, Jason M; Chowdhury, Mohammed M; Donoghue, Emma; Robson, Jennifer M J; Boyle, Jonathan; Fryer, Tim D; Huang, Yuan; et al. (Open heart, 2020)
Keywords: Abdomen; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aneurysms; Aorta, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Aortic and Vascular Disease; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Aortic aneurysms; Aortitis - diagnostic imaging; Aortography; Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerosis - diagnostic imaging; Blood clots; Calcification; Case-Control Studies; Cohort analysis; Coronary vessels; Disease; Drug dosages; England; Female; Humans; Inflammation; Male; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Patients; Plaque, Atherosclerotic; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary arteries; Scotland; Severity of Illness Index; Studies; Ultrasonic imaging; Vascular Calcification - diagnostic imaging; Veins & arteries; Work stations; England; Scotland; atherosclerosis; AAA; PET-CT; aneurysms