Microcalcification and Thoracic Aortopathy: A Window Into Disease Severity.

Alexander J Fletcher Jennifer Nash Maaz B J Syed Mark G MacaskillAdriana A S TavaresNiki WalkerHannah SalcudeanJonathon A LeipsicKelvin H H LimJillian MadineWilliam A WallaceMark FieldDavid E NewbyRihab BoucharebMichael A SeidmanRiaz AkhtarStephanie L Sellers

Published in: Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (2022)

F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography quantifies medial microcalcification and is a feasible noninvasive imaging modality for identifying aortic wall disruption with major translational promise.

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