The Vulnerable Plaque: Recent Advances in Computed Tomography Imaging to Identify the Vulnerable Patient
| Autor: | Faheemullah Beg, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Hasan Rehman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Acute coronary syndrome medicine.medical_specialty Spotty calcification Computed Tomography Angiography Myocardial Infarction Computed tomography Coronary Artery Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease_cause Coronary Angiography 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Vascular Calcification Angiology Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Fibrous cap Coronary computed tomography angiography Middle Aged medicine.disease Coronary computed tomography Vulnerable plaque Coronary Vessels Plaque Atherosclerotic medicine.anatomical_structure Positron-Emission Tomography Female Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Current atherosclerosis reportsPapers of particular interest, published recently, have been highlighted as: •• Of major importance. 22(10) |
| ISSN: | 1534-6242 |
| Popis: | This review aims to summarize the role of coronary computed tomography plaque analysis in identifying high-risk patients and plaques. In this review, we will describe the histopathological features of a vulnerable plaque as well as the coronary computed tomography characteristics including spotty calcification, low-attenuation fatty core, positive remodeling, and thin fibrous cap. We will also review several studies that assessed features of a vulnerable plaque on non-invasive imaging and evaluated them as risk predictors of future acute coronary events. Multiple recent studies suggested that coronary computed tomography angiography can accurately identify high-risk features of plaque that will predict future events. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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