Carotid Plaque [¹⁸F]FDG PET in Symptomatic Carotid Disease: A Narrative Review of Prognostic Evidence and Clinical Translation
Carotid atherosclerosis remains a major preventable cause of ischemic stroke, yet risk assessment based primarily on luminal stenosis may overlook biologically active, nonstenosing plaques. This limitation is increasingly important given the substantial global stroke burden and the large proportion of ischemic strokes...