Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcification: Translating Biology
Bailey G, Meadows J, Morrison AR. Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcification: Translating Biology. Current Atherosclerosis Reports 2016, 18: 51. PMID: 27339750, PMCID: PMC5206894, DOI: 10.1007/s11883-016-0601-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic calcificationHard cardiovascular eventsTotal atherosclerotic burdenAtherosclerotic plaque calcificationAtherosclerotic burdenCardiovascular eventsCardiovascular mortalityCalcium burdenMyocardial infarctionMolecular imaging studiesPlaque calcificationAtherosclerotic lesionsImaging studiesMolecular imaging toolCalcificationGross assessmentPrecision medicineImaging toolMortalityBiologic processesBurdenInfarctionRisk assessment accuracyLesionsCalcium compositionNovel 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