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What radionuclides is used in diagnosis of atherosclerosis

technetium- 99
cobalt-60
yttrium-90
sodium-24
none above

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Answer: technetium-99.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is not an answer that you can look for in a book.

You need to do some research.

You can fiind the abstract of the article titled Molecular imaging of atherosclerosis using a technetium-99m-labeled endothelin derivative.

The conclusion of this scientific article is that labeling with the radiosotope Tc - 99 iis feasibele to visualize the effects of an experiment inducing atherosclerosis, which gives the answer to the question posted.
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