Molecular imaging predicts risk for abdominal aortic aneurysms
Friday, October 4, 2013 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Several newly identified markers could provide valuable insight to predict the risk of rupture abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Imaging with PET/CT has shown that dense white blood cells in the outermost connective tissue in the vascular wall, increased C-reactive protein and a loss of smooth muscle cells in the middle layer of the vascular wall are all factors that may indicate future AAA rupture.