18F-Sodium Fluoride (NaF) accumulates in areas of active hydroxyapatite deposition and potentially unstable atherosclerotic plaques. We assessed the presence of atherosclerotic plaques in 50 adult patients with HIV (HIV+) who had undergone two cardiac computed tomography scans to measure coronary artery calcium (CAC) progression. CAC and its progression are predictive of an unfavorable prognosis. Tracer uptake was quantified in six arterial territories: aortic arch, innominate carotid artery, right and left internal carotid arteries, left coronary (anterior descending and circumflex) and right coronary artery. Thirty-one patients showed CAC progression and 19 did not. At least one territory with high NaF uptake was observed in 150 (50%) of 300 arterial territories. High NaF uptake was detected more often in non-calcified than calcified areas (68% vs. 32%), and in patients without than in those with prior CAC progression (68% vs. 32%). There was no correlation between clinical and demographic variables and NaF uptake. In clinically stable HIV+ patients, half of the arterial territories showed a high NaF uptake, often in the absence of macroscopic calcification. NaF uptake at one time point did not correlate with prior progression of CAC. Prospective studies will demonstrate the prognostic significance of high NaF uptake in HIV+ patients.

Molecular Imaging of Vascular Calcification with 18 F-Sodium-Fluoride in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Raggi, Paolo; Prandini, Napoleone; Ligabue, Guido; Braglia, Giovanni; Esposito, Francesco; Milic, Jovana; Malagoli, Andrea; Scaglioni, Riccardo; Besutti, Giulia; Beghetto, Barbara; Nardini, Giulia; Roncaglia, Enrica; Mussini, Cristina; Guaraldi, Giovanni. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 20:5(2019), pp. 1183-1196. [10.3390/ijms20051183]

Molecular Imaging of Vascular Calcification with 18 F-Sodium-Fluoride in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Ligabue, Guido;ESPOSITO, FRANCESCO;Milic, Jovana;Malagoli, Andrea;Scaglioni, Riccardo;Besutti, Giulia;Beghetto, Barbara;Nardini, Giulia;Roncaglia, Enrica;Mussini, Cristina;Guaraldi, Giovanni
2019

Abstract

18F-Sodium Fluoride (NaF) accumulates in areas of active hydroxyapatite deposition and potentially unstable atherosclerotic plaques. We assessed the presence of atherosclerotic plaques in 50 adult patients with HIV (HIV+) who had undergone two cardiac computed tomography scans to measure coronary artery calcium (CAC) progression. CAC and its progression are predictive of an unfavorable prognosis. Tracer uptake was quantified in six arterial territories: aortic arch, innominate carotid artery, right and left internal carotid arteries, left coronary (anterior descending and circumflex) and right coronary artery. Thirty-one patients showed CAC progression and 19 did not. At least one territory with high NaF uptake was observed in 150 (50%) of 300 arterial territories. High NaF uptake was detected more often in non-calcified than calcified areas (68% vs. 32%), and in patients without than in those with prior CAC progression (68% vs. 32%). There was no correlation between clinical and demographic variables and NaF uptake. In clinically stable HIV+ patients, half of the arterial territories showed a high NaF uptake, often in the absence of macroscopic calcification. NaF uptake at one time point did not correlate with prior progression of CAC. Prospective studies will demonstrate the prognostic significance of high NaF uptake in HIV+ patients.
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Molecular Imaging of Vascular Calcification with 18 F-Sodium-Fluoride in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Raggi, Paolo; Prandini, Napoleone; Ligabue, Guido; Braglia, Giovanni; Esposito, Francesco; Milic, Jovana; Malagoli, Andrea; Scaglioni, Riccardo; Besutti, Giulia; Beghetto, Barbara; Nardini, Giulia; Roncaglia, Enrica; Mussini, Cristina; Guaraldi, Giovanni. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 20:5(2019), pp. 1183-1196. [10.3390/ijms20051183]
Raggi, Paolo; Prandini, Napoleone; Ligabue, Guido; Braglia, Giovanni; Esposito, Francesco; Milic, Jovana; Malagoli, Andrea; Scaglioni, Riccardo; Besut...espandi
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