Lesion-specific pericoronary adipose tissue CT attenuation improves risk prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease.
Meng ChenGuangyu HaoSu HuCan ChenQing TaoJialiang XuYayuan GengXiming WangChun-Hong HuPublished in: The British journal of radiology (2024)
Lesion-specific PCATa was superior to PCATa-RCA and PCATa-LAD for MACE prediction.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery disease
- adipose tissue
- cardiovascular disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- computed tomography
- insulin resistance
- high fat diet
- emergency department
- heart failure
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- acute coronary syndrome
- aortic stenosis
- adverse drug
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction