Temporal relationship between 18F-sodium fluoride uptake in the abdominal aorta and evolution of CT-verified vascular calcification.
Takehiro NakaharaJagat NarulaJosef J FoxMasahiro JinzakiH William StraussPublished in: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2019)
Abdominal aortic NaF uptake varied over time. NaF uptake on the baseline scans and high NaF uptake on the serial scans preceded an increase in calcium volume, especially by 1.0-1.5 years. Persistently high NaF uptake was associated with a greater increment in calcium volume than patients with transiently elevated or persistently low fluoride uptake.