Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: 18-F Sodium Fluoride (18F-NaF) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for the Assessment of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Durability and Outcomes
Brief Summary:
This is a pilot study in which we will aim to demonstrate successful execution of the imaging protocol and to make observations regarding the calcification activity as measured by 18F-NaF PET/CT and any correlation to 1) valve age and valve type, and 2) subsequent degeneration of aortic valve bioprostheses based upon clinical, echocardiographic and CT parameters.
Additionally, the data will serve as preliminary data to plan a larger study to investigate study objectives.