Laerke Urbak1, Rasmus S Ripa2, Benjamin V Sandholt3, Andreas Kjaer2, Henrik Sillesen3, Martin Graebe3. 1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark. laerke.urbak.01@regionh.dk. 2. Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET and Cluster for Molecular Imaging, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 3. Department of Vascular Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability is comprised by plaque composition driven by inflammatory activity and these features can be depicted with 3D ultrasound and 2-[18F]FDG-PET, respectively. The study investigated timely changes in carotid artery plaque inflammation and morphology after a thromboembolic event with PET/CT and novel ultrasound volumetric grayscale median (GSM) readings. Patients with a single hemisphere-specific neurological symptom and the presence of an ipsilateral carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque were prospectively included to both 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT and 3D ultrasound scans of the plaque immediately after their event and again three months later. On PET/CT images the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) was measured and the volumetric ultrasound acquisitions were analyzed using a semiautomated software measuring GSM values. RESULTS: Baseline scans were performed by a mean of 7 days (range 2-14) after the symptom and again after 98 days (range 91-176). For the entire group (n = 14), we found a decrease in average SUVmax from baseline to follow-up of - 0.18 (95% confidence interval: - 0.34 to - 0.02, P = 0.034). GSM did not increase significantly over time (mean change: + 2.21, 95% confidence interval: - 17.02 to 21.44, P = 0.808). CONCLUSION: A decrease in culprit lesion 2-[18F]FDG-uptake 3 months after an event indicates a decrease in inflammatory activity, suggesting that carotid plaque stabilization over time. 3D ultrasound morphological quantitative differences in GSM were not detectable after 3 months.
BACKGROUND:Atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability is comprised by plaque composition driven by inflammatory activity and these features can be depicted with 3D ultrasound and 2-[18F]FDG-PET, respectively. The study investigated timely changes in carotid artery plaque inflammation and morphology after a thromboembolic event with PET/CT and novel ultrasound volumetric grayscale median (GSM) readings. Patients with a single hemisphere-specific neurological symptom and the presence of an ipsilateral carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque were prospectively included to both 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT and 3D ultrasound scans of the plaque immediately after their event and again three months later. On PET/CT images the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) was measured and the volumetric ultrasound acquisitions were analyzed using a semiautomated software measuring GSM values. RESULTS: Baseline scans were performed by a mean of 7 days (range 2-14) after the symptom and again after 98 days (range 91-176). For the entire group (n = 14), we found a decrease in average SUVmax from baseline to follow-up of - 0.18 (95% confidence interval: - 0.34 to - 0.02, P = 0.034). GSM did not increase significantly over time (mean change: + 2.21, 95% confidence interval: - 17.02 to 21.44, P = 0.808). CONCLUSION: A decrease in culprit lesion 2-[18F]FDG-uptake 3 months after an event indicates a decrease in inflammatory activity, suggesting that carotid plaque stabilization over time. 3D ultrasound morphological quantitative differences in GSM were not detectable after 3 months.
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