Whole-vessel coronary 18F-sodium fluoride PET for assessment of the global coronary microcalcification burden.
Jacek KwiecinskiSebastien CadetMarwa DaghemMartin L LassenDamini DeyMarc R DweckDaniel S BermanDavid E NewbyPiotr J SlomkaPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2020)
Automated assessment of disease activity across the entire coronary vasculature is feasible using 18F-NaF CMA, providing a single measurement that has closer agreement with CT markers of plaque vulnerability than more traditional measures of plaque activity.
Keyphrases
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- disease activity
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