Evaluation of the Sealing Ability and Bond Strength of Two Endodontic Root Canal Sealers: An In Vitro Study.

Background: Obturation represents a critical step in endodontic treatment, which relies on a core material and a sealer. This study aims to evaluate the sealing ability and bond strength to the root canal walls of an epoxy resin-based sealer (AH-Plus, Dentsply Sirona, Johnson City, TN, USA) and a bioceramic sealer (GuttaFlow Bioseal, Coltène/Whaledent, GmbH + Co. KG, Langenau, Germany).

Aortic valve microcalcification and cardiovascular risk: an exploratory study using sodium fluoride in high cardiovascular risk patients.

18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) has been used to access aortic stenosis in clinical research setting. It is known that its uptake is related with microcalcification. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between 18F-NaF uptake by the aortic valve and cardiovascular risk.

Renal artery wall 18F-NaF activity and glomerular filtration rate: an exploratory analysis in a high cardiovascular risk population.

Objectives: Atherosclerotic plaque molecular imaging with F-sodium fluoride (NaF) PET with computed tomography (PET-CT) may identify active unstable microcalcification. We sought to explore renal arteries calcification activity in a group of high cardiovascular (CV) risk subjects without manifest CV disease.

Methods: High CV risk hypertensive individuals from a single centre were prospectively scanned with F-NaF-PET-CT in major vascular territories.

Atherosclerotic plaque metabolism in high cardiovascular risk subjects - A subclinical atherosclerosis imaging study with F-NaF PET-CT.

Background And Aims: Atherosclerotic plaque molecular imaging with F-sodium fluoride (NaF) in positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET-CT) provides potential discrimination between active unstable microcalcification and established dormant calcification. We aimed to study F-NaF atherosclerotic plaque uptake in high cardiovascular (CV) risk participants and its associations with CV risk factors, coronary calcium score and thoracic fat volume.

Methods: High CV risk hypertensive individuals from a single centre were prospectively scanned with F-NaF-PET-CT in the coronary, aortic and carotideal arteries.