2023
Multimodality Imaging of Aortic Valve Calcification and Function in a Murine Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Ahmad A, Ghim M, Toczek J, Neishabouri A, Ojha D, Zhang Z, Gona K, Raza M, Jung J, Kukreja G, Zhang J, Guerrera N, Liu C, Sadeghi M. Multimodality Imaging of Aortic Valve Calcification and Function in a Murine Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2023, 64: 1487-1494. PMID: 37321825, PMCID: PMC10478817, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.265516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalHumansMicePositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyConceptsF-NaF PET/CTCalcific aortic valve diseaseBicuspid aortic valvePET/CTAortic valve calcificationAortic valve diseaseAortic valveAortic stenosisValve calcificationValvular calcificationValve diseaseF-NaFSubset of miceTricuspid aortic valveDevelopment of calcificationSignificant correlationUnderwent echocardiographyMedical therapyHigh prevalencePreclinical modelsMurine modelTherapeutic interventionsAge groupsAutoradiography dataMultimodality imaging
2015
Multimodality and Molecular Imaging of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activation in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
Jung JJ, Razavian M, Challa AA, Nie L, Golestani R, Zhang J, Ye Y, Russell KS, Robinson SP, Heistad DD, Sadeghi MM. Multimodality and Molecular Imaging of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activation in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2015, 56: 933-938. PMID: 25908827, PMCID: PMC4454445, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.114.152355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisApolipoproteins EBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseCalcinosisDiet, High-FatEchocardiographyHeart Defects, CongenitalHeart Valve DiseasesHumansMatrix MetalloproteinasesMiceMice, TransgenicMolecular ImagingMultimodal ImagingTechnetiumTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsCalcific aortic valve diseaseAortic valve diseaseMatrix metalloproteinasesWestern dietValve diseaseValvular inflammationMMP activityDevelopment of CAVDMedical therapeutic interventionsAortic valve areaSPECT/CT imagesWild-type miceMatrix metalloproteinase activationAortic stenosisMolecular imagingValvular calcificationControl miceCD68 expressionValve areaWD miceDeficient miceCommon causeApolipoprotein ECD68 stainingMurine model