Non-invasive detection of coronary inflammation using computed tomography and prediction of residual cardiovascular risk (the CRISP CT study): a post-hoc analysis …

EK Oikonomou, M Marwan, MY Desai, J Mancio… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Coronary artery inflammation inhibits adipogenesis in adjacent perivascular fat.
A novel imaging biomarker—the perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI)—captures coronary …

Standardized measurement of coronary inflammation using cardiovascular computed tomography: integration in clinical care as a prognostic medical device

EK Oikonomou, AS Antonopoulos… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a first-line modality in the
investigation of suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Mapping of perivascular fat …

Pericoronary adipose tissue computed tomography attenuation distinguishes different stages of coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study

A Lin, N Nerlekar, J Yuvaraj… - European Heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Vascular inflammation inhibits local adipogenesis in pericoronary adipose tissue
(PCAT) and this can be detected on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) …

Assessing cardiovascular risk by using the fat attenuation index in coronary CT angiography

LV Klüner, EK Oikonomou… - Radiology: Cardiothoracic …, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has evolved into a first-line diagnostic test for the
investigation of chest pain. Despite advances toward standardizing the reporting of CCTA …

Imaging residual inflammatory cardiovascular risk

C Antoniades, AS Antonopoulos… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Targeting residual cardiovascular risk in primary and secondary prevention, would allow
deployment of novel therapeutic agents, facilitating precision medicine. For example …

[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art review article. Atherosclerosis affecting fat: what can we learn by imaging perivascular adipose tissue?

C Antoniades, CP Kotanidis, DS Berman - Journal of cardiovascular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) surrounding the human coronary arteries, secretes a
wide range of adipocytokines affecting the biology of the adjacent vascular wall in a …

Relationship between changes in pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation and coronary plaque burden quantified from coronary computed tomography angiography

M Goeller, BK Tamarappoo, AC Kwan… - European Heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Increased attenuation of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) around the proximal right
coronary artery (RCA) from coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) has been …

High pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation on computed tomography angiography predicts cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: post-hoc …

K Ichikawa, T Miyoshi, K Osawa, M Nakashima… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation on coronary computed
tomography angiography (CTA) is a non-invasive biomarker for pericoronary inflammation …

Pericoronary adipose tissue computed tomography attenuation and high-risk plaque characteristics in acute coronary syndrome compared with stable coronary artery …

M Goeller, S Achenbach, S Cadet, AC Kwan… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) computed tomography (CT) attenuation
measured from coronary CT angiography (CTA) may be a promising metric in identifying …

Pericoronary fat attenuation index—a new imaging biomarker and its diagnostic and prognostic utility: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Sagris, AS Antonopoulos, S Simantiris… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pericoronary fat attenuation index (FAI) on coronary computed tomography angiography
imaging has been proposed as a novel marker of coronary vascular inflammation with …