Role of <sup>18</sup>F-NaF-PET in assessing aortic valve calcification with age.
Chaitanya Rojulpote, Austin J. Borja, Vincent Zhang, Mahmoud Aly, Benjamin Koa, Siavash Mehdizadeh Seraj, William Raynor, Esha Kothekar, Fatemeh Kaghazchi, Thomas Werner, Oke Gerke, Poul Flemming Høilund‐Carlsen, Abass Alavi
Abstract
F-NaF PET/CT in identifying calcific changes in the aortic valve and may help direct therapeutic intervention prior to the development of symptomatic valvular disease.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCalcificationAortic valveStenosisCardiologyInternal medicineAortic valve stenosisUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysisCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAortic Thrombus and Embolism