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Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become a global epi-demic, being responsible for almost one third of all recorded deaths in men and women worldwide [1,2]. Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease morbidity, with the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque as the critical event resulting in either occlu-sion of the vessel by a thrombus or thromboembolic event [3]. Cardiovascular inflammatory processes with the accu-mulation of activated macrophages on the vascular wall play a crucial role in the initiation, progression, destabilization, and eventually, rupture of vulnerable pla-ques [4]. Therefore, inflammation constitutes an import-ant target for imaging and treating atherosclerosis [5]. There are several invasive methods that can be used t