Vessel-specific plaque features on coronary computed tomography angiography among patients of varying atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk.
A Maxim BaxYeonyee E YoonUmberto GianniAlexander R van RosendaelYao LuXiaoyue MaBenjamin P GoebelSara W TantawyDaniele AndreiniMatthew J BudoffFilippo CademartiriKavitha ChinnaiyanJung Hyun ChoiEdoardo ContePedro de Araújo GonçalvesIlan GottliebMartin HadamitzkyJonathon A LeipsicErica MaffeiGianluca PontoneSanghoon ShinYong Jin KimByoung Kwon LeeEun Ju ChunJi Min SungSang Eun LeeDaniel S BermanJagat NarulaFay Y LinSeo Young SongLeslee J Shawnull nullPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2022)
Among patients with varying risk of ASCVD, plaque in the LCx is decidedly less and is comprised of less non-calcified plaque supporting prior evidence of the lower rates of acute coronary events in this vessel.