Case examples of quantitative plaque analysis on coronary CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET in patients with established coronary artery disease. (IMAGE)

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Case examples of quantitative plaque analysis on coronary CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET in patients with established coronary artery disease.

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Case examples of quantitative plaque analysis on coronary CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET in patients with established coronary artery disease. Hybrid CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET of coronary arteries. (A) A 70-y-old male, who presented with diffused largely noncalcified disease (middle panel in red) in the LAD and demonstrated increased 18F-NaF uptake in the LAD on PET. (B) A 59-y-old male with mild LCX atherosclerosis, who presented with a high noncalcified plaque burden (middle panel in red) on CT angiography, significant 18F-NaF uptake and experienced a lateral non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction during follow-up. LAD = left anterior descending; LCX = left circumflex; LAP = low attenuation plaque.

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First author Jacek Kwiecinski and senior author Piotr Slomka, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, Calif., in collaboration with Edinburgh University, UK.

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