Assessment of myocardial fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis using [ 68 Ga]Ga-FAPI-04-PET-CT.

Christoph TreutleinJörg H W DistlerKoray TascilarSara Chenguiti FakhouriAndrea-Hermina GyörfiArmin AtzingerAlexandru-Emil MateiClara DeesMaike Büttner-HeroldTorsten KuwertOlaf PranteTobias BäuerleMichael UderGeorg SchettChristian SchmidkonzChristina Bergmann

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2022)

Ga]Ga-FAPI-04 uptake visualizes fibroblast activation in SSc-related MF and may be a diagnostic option to monitor cardiac fibroblast activity in situ.

Keyphrases

pet ct
systemic sclerosis
interstitial lung disease
positron emission tomography
left ventricular
heart failure
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
atrial fibrillation