RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUANTITATIVE ADVERSE PLAQUE FEATURES FROM CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY AND DOWNSTREAM IMPAIRED MYOCARDIAL FLOW RESERVE

Authors :: Debiao Li
Erick Alexanderson Rosas
Stephan Achenbach
Luis E.J. Orozco
Piotr J. Slomka
Daniel S. Berman
Guido Germano
Aloha Meave
Heidi Gransar
Yuka Otaki
Mariana Diaz Zamudio
Annika Schuhbaeck
Damini Dey
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (10):A1109
Publisher :: American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Abstract: We investigated the relationship of quantitative plaque features from coronary CT Angiography (CTA) and coronary vascular dysfunction by impaired myocardial flow reserve (MFR) by 13N-Ammonia Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Fifty-one patients (32 men, 62.4±9.5 years) underwent combined rest

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
Downstream (manufacturing)
business.industry
Positron emission tomography
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
Coronary ct angiography
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Rest (music)

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