Association of coronary artery calcium score with qualitatively and quantitatively assessed adverse plaque on coronary CT angiography in the SCOT-HEART trial.
Maia Osborne-GrinterJacek KwiecinskiMhairi DorisPriscilla A McElhinneySebastien CadetPhilip D AdamsonAlastair J MossShirjel R AlamAmanda HunterAnoop S V ShahNicholas L MillsTania PawadeChengjia WangJonathan Richard Weir-McCallGiles RoditiEdwin J R van BeekLeslee J ShawEdward D NicolDaniel BermanPiotr J SlomkaDavid E NewbyMarc Richard DweckDamini DeyMichelle Claire WilliamsPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2021)
In patients with stable chest pain, zero CACS is associated with a good but not perfect prognosis, and CACS cannot rule out obstructive coronary artery disease, non-obstructive plaque, or adverse plaque phenotypes, including low-attenuation plaque.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- pulmonary artery
- clinical trial
- study protocol
- aortic stenosis
- randomized controlled trial
- emergency department
- adverse drug
- atrial fibrillation
- type diabetes
- phase iii
- acute coronary syndrome
- pulmonary hypertension
- aortic valve
- drug induced