Splenic Metabolic Activity Predicts Risk of Future Cardiovascular Events - Emami, Hamed; Singh, Parmanand; MacNabb, Megan; Vucic, Esad; Lavender, Zachary; Rudd, James H.F.; Fayad, Zahi A.; Lehrer-Graiwer, Joshua; Korsgren, Magnus; Figueroa, Amparo L.; Fredrickson, Jill; Rubin, Barry; et al. (JACC. Cardiovascular imaging, 2015)
Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular; events; FDG; inflammation; spleen; atherosclerosis; CRP; spleen; TBR; CI; FRS; SAT; FDG; HR; BM; CVD; ACS; CT; acute coronary syndrome; inflammation; SUV; TLR; events; PET; C-reactive protein; 18-fluorodeoxyglucose; Framingham Risk Score; subcutaneous adipose tissue; target-to-background ratio; computed tomography; cardiovascular disease; bone marrow; standardized uptake value; hazard ratio; confidence interval; toll-like receptor; positron emission tomography