Imaging of the pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) using cardiac computed tomography: modern clinical implications

M Goeller, S Achenbach, H Duncker… - Journal of thoracic …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Modern coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is the gold standard to visualize
the epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT). The EAT is a …

Evaluation of pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation on CT

R Ma, R Fari, P Van Der Harst… - The British journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) is the fat deposit surrounding coronary arteries.
Although PCAT is part of the larger epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) depot, it has different …

Epicardial adipose tissue attenuation and fat attenuation index: phantom study and in vivo measurements with photon-counting detector CT

V Mergen, E Ried, T Allmendinger… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
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The emerging role of CT-based imaging in adipose tissue and coronary inflammation

J Yuvaraj, K Cheng, A Lin, PJ Psaltis, SJ Nicholls… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
A large body of evidence arising from recent randomized clinical trials demonstrate the
association of vascular inflammatory mediators with coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Pericoronary adipose tissue density, inflammation, and subclinical coronary artery disease among people with HIV in the REPRIEVE cohort

B Foldyna, T Mayrhofer, MV Zanni… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) may influence plaque development
through inflammatory mechanisms. We assessed PCAT density, as a measure of …

Coronary inflammation on chest computed tomography and COVID-19 mortality

D Tuttolomondo, A Ticinesi, D Dey, C Martini… - European …, 2024 - Springer
Objectives The main factors associated with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) mortality
are age, comorbidities, pattern of inflammatory response, and SARS-CoV-2 lineage involved …

[HTML][HTML] Association between high oxidized high-density lipoprotein levels and increased pericoronary inflammation determined by coronary computed tomography …

K Ichikawa, T Miyoshi, K Kotani, K Osawa… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Impaired high-density lipoprotein (HDL) function is a risk factor for cardiac
mortality. We aimed to investigate the association between oxidized HDL (oxHDL) and …

Segmentation and volume quantification of epicardial adipose tissue in computed tomography images

Y Li, S Song, Y Sun, N Bao, B Yang, L Xu - Medical Physics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Many cardiovascular diseases are closely related to the composition of
epicardial adipose tissue (EAT). Accurate segmentation of EAT can provide a reliable …

Influence of different segmentations on the diagnostic performance of pericoronary adipose tissue

D Wen, R An, S Lin, W Yang, Y Jia… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective To investigate the influence of different segmentations on the diagnostic
performance of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) CT attenuation and radiomics features …

Non-contrast CT-based radiomic signature of pericoronary adipose tissue for screening non-calcified plaque

XY Jiang, ZQ Shao, YT Chai, YN Liu… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. To develop two combined clinical-radiomics models of pericoronary adipose
tissue (PCAT) for the presence and characterization of non-calcified plaques on non …