Quantification of Coronary Atherosclerosis in the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease [Coronary Artery Disease]

Conclusions:
Direct quantification of atherosclerotic PB in addition to conventional angiographic assessment of coronary artery disease might be beneficial for improving risk stratification of coronary artery disease.

Clinical Trial Registration:
URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02803411.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - July 16, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Lee, S.-E., Sung, J. M., Rizvi, A., Lin, F. Y., Kumar, A., Hadamitzky, M., Kim, Y.-J., Conte, E., Andreini, D., Pontone, G., Budoff, M. J., Gottlieb, I., Lee, B. K., Chun, E. J., Cademartiri, F., Maffei, E., Marques, H., Leipsic, J. A., Shin, S., Hyun Cho Tags: Computerized Tomography (CT), Prognosis Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research