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Demonstrates the association of specific plaque shapes with acute coronary syndrome using imaging technology, suggesting new diagnostics.
Adverse low-attenuation noncalcified plaque morphology using atherosclerotic imaging-enabled quantitative CT (ie, lobular, bean, or spherical low-attenuation noncalcified plaque shape or low-attenuation noncalcified plaque with ≥ 180° of embeddedness) was independently associated with acute coronary syndrome.
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