Why the study?
Does pericoronary adipose tissue CT attenuation combined with high-risk plaque characteristics allow for reliable identification of vulnerable plaques in ACS compared to stable CAD?
Does pericoronary adipose tissue CT attenuation combined with high-risk plaque characteristics allow for reliable identification of vulnerable plaques in ACS compared to stable CAD?
Combining quantitative high-risk plaque features and PCAT CT attenuation may allow for more reliable identification of vulnerable plaques.
Should not yet change practice for vulnerable plaque identification; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Pericoronary CT attenuation was increased around culprit lesions compared with nonculprit lesions of patients with ACS and the lesions of matched controls. Combined quantitative high-risk plaque features and PCAT CT attenuation may allow for a more reliable identification of vulnerable plaques.
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