A vessel of progress: Aortic microcalcification activity for the quantification of ¹⁸F-NaF uptake in the thoracic aorta

Michael T Osborne^{1

2}, Taimur A Abbasi^{1

2}, Hadil Zureigat², Ahmed Tawakol^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. atawakol@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. atawakol@mgh.harvard.edu.

Editorial

Michael T Osborne et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;29(3):1386-1388.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-021-02557-2. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

Michael T Osborne^{1

2}, Taimur A Abbasi^{1

2}, Hadil Zureigat², Ahmed Tawakol^{3

4}

¹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. atawakol@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. atawakol@mgh.harvard.edu.

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Quantifying microcalcification activity in the thoracic aorta.
Fletcher AJ, Lembo M, Kwiecinski J, Syed MBJ, Nash J, Tzolos E, Bing R, Cadet S, MacNaught G, van Beek EJR, Moss AJ, Doris MK, Walker NL, Dey D, Adamson PD, Newby DE, Slomka PJ, Dweck MR. Fletcher AJ, et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Jun;29(3):1372-1385. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02458-w. Epub 2021 Jan 20. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022. PMID: 33474695 Free PMC article.

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