Abstract 9530: Plaque Rupture, Compared to Plaque Erosion, is Associated With Higher Level of Pan-Coronary Inflammation, Measured by Peri-Coronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Akihiro Nakajima,Tomoyo Sugiyama,Makoto Araki,Lena M Seegers,Damini Dey,Iris McNulty,Hang Lee,Taishi Yonetsu,Yumi Yasui,Yun Teng,Tatsuhiro Nagamine,Sunao Nakamura,Stephan Achenbach,Tsunekazu Kakuta,Ik-Kyung Jang

Abstract 9530: Plaque Rupture, Compared to Plaque Erosion, is Associated With Higher Level of Pan-Coronary Inflammation, Measured by Peri-Coronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

2021

Akihiro Nakajima
Tomoyo Sugiyama
Makoto Araki
Lena M Seegers
Damini Dey
Iris McNulty
Hang Lee
Taishi Yonetsu
Yumi Yasui
Yun Teng
Tatsuhiro Nagamine
Sunao Nakamura
Stephan Achenbach
Tsunekazu Kakuta
Ik-Kyung Jang

Introduction: Vascular inflammation plays a key role in plaque rupture, while the role of inflammation in plaque erosion remains less well defined. Peri-coronary adipose tissue attenuation (PCATA) ...

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Pathology
Inflammation
coronary computed tomography angiography
Peri
Adipose tissue
vascular inflammation
plaque erosion
plaque rupture
Interventional cardiology
Medicine

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