Noninvasive diagnosis of vulnerable coronary plaque

Figure 7 Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography of the coronary arteries. PET CT fusion imaging in three cases of patients with STEMI. An increased ¹⁸F-FDG uptake at stent site is shown in different culprit vessels, from A to C: LAD, RCA and LCX. Adapted with permission from Cheng et al[107]. This research was originally published in JNM. ©by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Inc. FDG: Fluorodeoxyglucose; PET: Positron emission tomography; STEMI: ST elevation myocardial infarction; LAD: Left anterior descending coronary artery; RCA: Right coronary artery; LCX: Left circumflex coronary artery.