Positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of atherosclerotic plaques in cancer patients

• Main Authors: Vladimir Borisovich Sergienko, Ekaterina Valer'evna Panchkovskaya, Veronika Alekseevna Manukova, Marina Saturovna Rudas, V B Sergienko, E V Panchkovsky, V A Manukova, M S Rudas
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 2010-04-01
• Series: Терапевтический архив
• Subjects: positron emission tomography; atherosclerotic plaques; cancer patients
• Online Access: https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/30588
• ISSN: 0040-3660; 2309-5342

Aim. To assess the capacities of radionuclide diagnosis of atherosclerotic changes in the great vessels in cancer patients. Materials and methods. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) was used to image unstable atherosclerotic plaques in the aorta and great vessels. Whole-body radiodiagnostic studies were retrospectively analyzed in 500 cancer patients of different ages and with different forms of neoplasms. Results. Tomographic images showed atherosclerotic plaques in 21% of the patients with the verified diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) and in 17% without its clinical manifestations. Conclusion. The study showed it possible to identify a cardiovascular risk in cancer patients