Castro, Simon A.
Muser, Daniele
Lee, Hwan
Hancin, Emily C.
Borja, Austin J.
Acosta, Oswaldo
Werner, Thomas J.
Thomassen, Anders
Constantinescu, Caius
Høilund-Carlsen, Poul Flemming
Alavi, Abass http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2442-7901
Article History
Received: 27 October 2020
Revised: 26 February 2021
Accepted: 19 March 2021
First Online: 17 April 2021
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Abass Alavi (abass.alavi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu).
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Oke Gerke (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Research Unit of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark) kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained. The CAMONA study was approved by the Danish National Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics, registered at ExternalRef removed (NCT01274749) and conducted from 2012 to 2016 in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in Castro S, Muser D, Acosta-Montenegro O, et al Common carotid artery molecular calcification assessed by 18F-NaF PET/CT is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk: results from the CAMONA study. <i>J Nucl Med</i> 2017;58:34–34. (Abstract accepted to 2017 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging conference).
: • retrospective• case-control study• performed at one institution