New SPECT and PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging Cardiovascular Disease

Table 8

PET Radiotracers for Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaques.

^18F-NaF

Sodium ^18F-Fluoride (^18F-NaF); (i) capacity to identify ruptured or high-risk coronary atherosclerotic plaques (Figure 9); (ii) at risk plaques have positive remodelling, microCa^2+ and large necrotic core; (iii) fluoride ion (^18F^−) mimics hydroxyl ion and is deposited in nucleating hydroxyapatite crystals of calcified endothelium