Serum uric acid in asymptomatic adults is weakly associated with carotid artery FDG uptake but not intima-media thickness

Young Seok Cho,Ji Hoon Bae,Seung Hwan Moon,Seung Hyup Hyun,Joon Young Choi,Byung-Tae Kim,Kyung-Han Lee

Serum uric acid in asymptomatic adults is weakly associated with carotid artery FDG uptake but not intima-media thickness

2018

Young Seok Cho
Ji Hoon Bae
Seung Hwan Moon
Seung Hyup Hyun
Joon Young Choi
Byung-Tae Kim
Kyung-Han Lee

Background This study investigated the association of serum uric acid (UA) with carotid fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) uptake as a marker of inflammatory atherosclerosis.

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Radiology
Internal medicine
Asymptomatic
Intima-media thickness
Artery
Cardiology
Uric acid
Medicine
carotid arteries
serum uric acid
fdg uptake
Gastroenterology
fdg pet ct

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