Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography/North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging–expert consensus document on coronary CT imaging of …

LJ Shaw, R Blankstein, JJ Bax, M Ferencik… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) provides a wealth of clinically
meaningful information beyond anatomic stenosis alone, including the presence or absence …

Imaging atherosclerosis

JM Tarkin, MR Dweck, NR Evans, RAP Takx… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Advances in atherosclerosis imaging technology and research have provided a range of
diagnostic tools to characterize high-risk plaque in vivo; however, these important vascular …

High-risk plaque detected on coronary CT angiography predicts acute coronary syndromes independent of significant stenosis in acute chest pain: results from the …

SB Puchner, T Liu, T Mayrhofer, QA Truong… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Background: It is not known whether high-risk plaque, as detected by coronary computed
tomography angiography (CTA), permits improved early diagnosis of acute coronary …

PET imaging of inflammation in atherosclerosis

JM Tarkin, FR Joshi, JHF Rudd - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2014 - nature.com
PET imaging of atherosclerosis can quantify several in vivo pathological processes
occurring within the arterial system. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is the most-commonly …

Role of biomechanical forces in the natural history of coronary atherosclerosis

AJ Brown, Z Teng, PC Evans, JH Gillard… - Nature reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and a thorough
understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms is crucial for the …

Exercise and coronary atherosclerosis: observations, explanations, relevance, and clinical management

VL Aengevaeren, A Mosterd, S Sharma, NHJ Prakken… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Physical activity and exercise training are effective strategies for reducing the risk of
cardiovascular events, but multiple studies have reported an increased prevalence of …

Current advances in the diagnostic imaging of atherosclerosis: insights into the pathophysiology of vulnerable plaque

NV Mushenkova, VI Summerhill, D Zhang… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis is a lipoprotein-driven inflammatory disorder leading to a plaque formation
at specific sites of the arterial tree. After decades of slow progression, atherosclerotic plaque …

CT radiomic features and clinical biomarkers for predicting coronary artery disease

C Militello, F Prinzi, G Sollami, L Rundo… - Cognitive …, 2023 - Springer
This study was aimed to investigate the predictive value of the radiomics features extracted
from pericoronaric adipose tissue—around the anterior interventricular artery (IVA)—to …

[HTML][HTML] Coronary CT angiography features of ruptured and high-risk atherosclerotic plaques: correlation with intra-vascular ultrasound

DR Obaid, PA Calvert, A Brown, D Gopalan… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Features of ruptured and high-risk plaque have been described on coronary
computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA), but not systematically assessed against …

Angina: contemporary diagnosis and management

TJ Ford, C Berry - Heart, 2020 - heart.bmj.com
Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) remains the leading global cause of death and lost life years
in adults, notably in younger (< 55 years) women. 1 Angina pectoris (derived from the Latin …