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ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2021

Examining the sensitivity of 18F-NaF PET for the imaging of cardiac amyloidosis.

Patrick Martineau, Vincent Finnerty, Geneviève Giraldeau, Sébastien Authier, Francois Harel, Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau

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Article in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. 2025 Update Consensus ofActa Cardiologica Sinica · 2025
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  8. Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2024
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  10. Molecular Imaging of Systemic and Cardiac Amyloidosis: Recent Advances and Focus on the Future.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2023
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  11. Scientific reports · 2023
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  12. Radiology · 2023
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  13. Microcalcification andInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. Comparison of 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography imaging and 99mTc-pyrophosphate in cardiac amyloidosis.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2022
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  16. 18F-fluoride PET/MR in cardiac amyloid: A comparison study with aortic stenosis and age- and sex-matched controls.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2022
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  17. Variability in bone-seeking tracers and imaging protocols for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis: The more the merrier?Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2022
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  18. Review of cardiovascular imaging in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2020: positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2021
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  19. Cardiac hybrid imaging: novel tracers for novel targets.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Patrick MartineauDepartment of Radiology, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Vincent FinnertyDepartment of Medical Imaging, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Geneviève GiraldeauDepartment of Medicine, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Sébastien AuthierDepartment of Medical Imaging, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Francois HarelDepartment of Medical Imaging, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Matthieu Pelletier-GalarneauGordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA. Matthieu.pelletier-galarneau@icm-mhi.org.
Montreal Heart Institute · CAHealth Sciences Centre · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundConventional nuclear imaging with bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals has been shown to be a sensitive test for the detection of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR); however, to date, few data exist on the utility of

methodsMyocardial perfusion imaging and cardiac

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Fluorine RadioisotopesPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographySodium FluorideAgedAged, 80 and overAmyloidosisCardiomyopathiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRadiopharmaceuticalsRetrospective StudiesROC CurveFluorine-18Fluorine RadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticalsSodium FluorideATTRbone scintigraphyCardiac amyloidosispositron emission tomographysodium fluoridetransthyretin

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