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Editorial
. 2022 May;15(5):888-890.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.01.018.

Multimodal Imaging Insights Into Graft Vasculopathy and Progression of Native CAD Following CABG

Ahmed Tawakol  1 , Michael T Osborne  2
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Editorial

Multimodal Imaging Insights Into Graft Vasculopathy and Progression of Native CAD Following CABG

Ahmed Tawakol et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: (18)F-sodium fluoride ((18)F-NaF); atherosclerosis; coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); graft vasculopathy; positron emission tomography (PET).

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures Dr Osborne has been supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) #K23HL151909; and has received consulting fees from WCG Intrinsic Imaging for unrelated work. Dr Tawakol has been supported in part by NIH #R01HL152957, AR077187, R33HL141047, R01HL149516, and R01HL137913; and has received institutional grant support from Genentech for research outside the submitted work.

Comment on

  • Bypass Grafting and Native Coronary Artery Disease Activity.
    Kwiecinski J, Tzolos E, Fletcher AJ, Nash J, Meah MN, Cadet S, Adamson PD, Grodecki K, Joshi N, Williams MC, van Beek EJR, Lai C, Tavares AAS, MacAskill MG, Dey D, Baker AH, Leipsic J, Berman DS, Sellers SL, Newby DE, Dweck MR, Slomka PJ. Kwiecinski J, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 May;15(5):875-887. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.11.030. Epub 2022 Feb 16. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022. PMID: 35216930 Free PMC article.

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