Time-robust myocardial [68Ga]Ga-FAPI PET biomarker reflects aortic stenosis severity and predicts post-TAVI outcomes
Myocardial [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-FAPI TBR may provide a time-robust index of active fibroblast signaling that relates to myocardial hemodynamic stress and stratifies one-year clinical response after TAVI. A single 60-minute acquisition with TBR quantification may be sufficient for myocardial [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-FAPI assessment. These hypothesis-generating findings require validation in larger, multicenter cohorts.
Authors
- Kevin Hamzaraj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2505-8554)
- Aleksa Lazarević
- Attila Kiss
- Qianling Ye
- Christian Nitsche
- Xiang Li
- Patrick Binder
- Bruno K Podesser
- Song Xue
- Marcus Hacker
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Vienna General Hospital (AT)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research (AT)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research (AT)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-026-07815-4
- Primary Topic
- Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universität Wien
- Medizinische Universität Wien