CT pericoronary adipose tissue density predicts coronary allograft vasculopathy and adverse clinical outcomes after cardiac transplantation.
Christopher WallJonathan Weir-McCallKatharine TweedStephen P HooleDeepa GopalanYuan HuangAndrej CorovicMarta PeverelliDamini DeyMartin R BennettJames H F RuddAnna KyddSai BhagraJason M TarkinPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2024)
Heart transplant patients with CAV have higher PCAT density and lower V/M than those without. Increased PCAT density is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. These CCTA metrics could be useful for diagnosis and monitoring of CAV severity.
Keyphrases
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- insulin resistance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- atrial fibrillation
- contrast enhanced
- stem cells
- cell therapy
- emergency department
- metabolic syndrome
- magnetic resonance
- type diabetes
- mesenchymal stem cells
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve