The recommendations listed in this guideline are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from research involving …

Importance Nearly 10 million US adults experience stable angina, which occurs when
myocardial oxygen supply does not meet demand, resulting in myocardial ischemia. Stable …

Importance Coronary computed tomographic angiography (coronary CTA) can characterize
coronary artery disease, including high-risk plaque. A noninvasive method of identifying …

Background: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA)-verified positive
remodeling and low attenuation plaques are considered morphological characteristics of …

Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with what
is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research …

Objectives: The goal of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of
noninvasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived from standard acquired coronary …

Background Admission rates among patients presenting to emergency departments with
possible acute coronary syndromes are high, although for most of these patients, the …

Objective—Aberrant neutrophil activation occurs during the advanced stages of
atherosclerosis. Once primed, neutrophils can undergo apoptosis or release neutrophil …

Background—The contribution of plaque extent to predict cardiovascular events among
patients with nonobstructive and obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is not well …

Objectives The diagnostic performance of coronary computed tomography angiography is
known to be negatively affected by the presence of severely calcified plaques in the …