Valvular (18)F-Fluoride and (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake Predict Disease Progression and Clinical Outcome in Patients With Aortic Stenosis.

William Jenkins,Alex T. Vesey,Anoop Shah,Tania Pawade,Calvin Chin,Audrey C. White,Alison Fletcher,Timothy R.G. Cartlidge,Andrew Mitchell,Mark Pringle,Oliver S. Brown,Renzo Pessotto,Graham McKillop,Edwin J. R. van Beek,Nicholas A. Boon,James H.F. Rudd,David E. Newby,Marc R. Dweck

Valvular (18)F-Fluoride and (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake Predict Disease Progression and Clinical Outcome in Patients With Aortic Stenosis.

2015

William Jenkins
Alex T. Vesey
Anoop Shah
Tania Pawade
Calvin Chin
Audrey C. White
Alison Fletcher
Timothy R.G. Cartlidge
Andrew Mitchell
Mark Pringle
Oliver S. Brown
Renzo Pessotto
Graham McKillop
Edwin J. R. van Beek
Nicholas A. Boon
James H.F. Rudd
David E. Newby
Marc R. Dweck

18F-Fluoride is a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer that preferentially binds to regions of newly forming vascular microcalcifications beyond the resolution of computed tomography (CT) [(1)][1]. 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) has been widely used to measure vascular inflammation [(2

Keywords:

Stenosis
Aortic valve stenosis
Radiology
Aortic valve
Positron emission tomography
Computed tomography
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Fluorodeoxyglucose
Medicine
Sodium fluoride
Predictive value of tests
Prospective cohort study
Fluoride

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