TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncovering atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by PET imaging
AU - Maier, Alexander
AU - Teunissen, Abraham J.P.
AU - Nauta, Sheqouia A.
AU - Lutgens, Esther
AU - Fayad, Zahi A.
AU - van Leent, Mandy M.T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Limited 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Assessing atherosclerosis severity is essential for precise patient stratification. Specifically, there is a need to identify patients with residual inflammation because these patients remain at high risk of cardiovascular events despite optimal management of cardiovascular risk factors. Molecular imaging techniques, such as PET, can have an essential role in this context. PET imaging can indicate tissue-based disease status, detect early molecular changes and provide whole-body information. Advances in molecular biology and bioinformatics continue to help to decipher the complex pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and inform the development of imaging tracers. Concomitant advances in tracer synthesis methods and PET imaging technology provide future possibilities for atherosclerosis imaging. In this Review, we summarize the latest developments in PET imaging techniques and technologies for assessment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and discuss the relationship between imaging readouts and transcriptomics-based plaque phenotyping.
AB - Assessing atherosclerosis severity is essential for precise patient stratification. Specifically, there is a need to identify patients with residual inflammation because these patients remain at high risk of cardiovascular events despite optimal management of cardiovascular risk factors. Molecular imaging techniques, such as PET, can have an essential role in this context. PET imaging can indicate tissue-based disease status, detect early molecular changes and provide whole-body information. Advances in molecular biology and bioinformatics continue to help to decipher the complex pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and inform the development of imaging tracers. Concomitant advances in tracer synthesis methods and PET imaging technology provide future possibilities for atherosclerosis imaging. In this Review, we summarize the latest developments in PET imaging techniques and technologies for assessment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and discuss the relationship between imaging readouts and transcriptomics-based plaque phenotyping.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41569-024-01009-x
DO - 10.1038/s41569-024-01009-x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85189888426
SN - 1759-5002
JO - Nature Reviews Cardiology
JF - Nature Reviews Cardiology
ER -