New PET/CT Imaging Agent Shows Promise for Better Diagnosis of Acute Venous Thromboembolism (VIDEO)

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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Dae Hyuk Moon, M.D., discusses a new nuclear medicine tracer that may allow better diagnosis of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE). Acute VTE is a disease that includes deep-vein thrombosis and its complication, pulmonary embolism, which can be fatal. The research is featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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Kim C, Lee JS, Han Y, et al.

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