Narrowing in on a PET tracer that characterizes coronary atheroma: ¹⁸F-NaF uptake is increased in stenotic coronary artery disease

J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Dec;28(6):3067-3069. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02279-x. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

Authors

Michael T Osborne¹, Taimur A Abbasi², Mazen S Albaghdadi²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St Yawkey 5B, Boston, MA, 02114-2750, USA. mosborne@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St Yawkey 5B, Boston, MA, 02114-2750, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease*
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Humans
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Positron-Emission Tomography
Sodium Fluoride

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Sodium Fluoride

Grants and funding

KL2 TR002542/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States