FDG PET imaging of vascular inflammation in post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot case–control study
Toczek J, Hillmer AT, Han J, Liu C, Peters D, Emami H, Wu J, Esterlis I, Cosgrove KP, Sadeghi MM. FDG PET imaging of vascular inflammation in post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot case–control study. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2019, 28: 688-694. PMID: 31073848, PMCID: PMC6842076, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-019-01724-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFDG-PET imagingPost-traumatic stress disorderFDG signalSystemic inflammationVascular inflammationCardiovascular diseaseBone marrowPET imagingFDG PET/CT imagingPilot case-control studyStress disorderCardiovascular risk factorsInflammatory biomarker levelsHealthy control subjectsPET/CT imagingCase-control studyPositron emission tomography (PET) imagingEmission Tomography ImagingInflammatory biomarkersControl subjectsBlood glucoseRisk factorsBiomarker levelsHealthy controlsProspective group