Performance of the PET vascular activity score (PETVAS) for qualitative and quantitative assessment of inflammatory activity in Takayasu's arteritis patients.
Fei KangQing HanXiang ZhouZhaohui ZhengShengjun WangWenhui MaKui ZhangZhiyong QuanWeidong YangJing WangPing ZhuPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2020)
In TAK evaluation, PETVAS is superior for qualitative and quantitative assessment, compared with the regional SUVmax. Compared to CRP and ESR, inflammatory biomarker PTX-3 shows better qualitative performance and a higher correlation with PETVAS and ITAS-2010. These findings indicate that the use of PETVAS and PTX-3, instead of SUVmax and CRP/ESR, has potential advantages in the clinical evaluation of TAK.