Novel Molecular Imaging Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Risk Stratification
Toczek J, Meadows JL, Sadeghi MM. Novel Molecular Imaging Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Risk Stratification. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2016, 9: e003023. PMID: 26763279, PMCID: PMC4714781, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.115.003023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal aortic aneurysmRisk stratificationAortic aneurysmNovel molecular imaging approachesAbdominal aortic aneurysm repairFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyAortic aneurysm repairSelection of patientsPatient risk stratificationUltrasmall superparamagnetic particlesMagnetic resonance imagingMolecular imaging approachesAneurysm repairInflammatory cellsClinical trialsPreclinical modelsAneurysm sizeResonance imagingEmission tomographyAneurysm growthMatrix remodelingAneurysmsClinical translationMolecular imagingProteolytic enzymes