Quantification of Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque

Coronary Atherosclerotic Vulnerable Plaque: Current Perspectives

A therosclerosis is the most common form of vascular disease and constitutes the major cause of death, with 17.5 million related deaths annually (31% of global mortality). Atherosclerotic plaque represents the hallmark lesion of atherosclerosis. Most, but not all, acute cardiac events occur in the context of plaque-related thrombus formation, with the remainder associated with primary cardiomyo...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation: A Review

Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Plaque in Non-invasive Coronary Imaging

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Over the last decade coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has gained wide acceptance as a reliable, cost-effective and non-invasive modality for diagnosis and prognostication of CAD. Use of CCTA is now expanding to characterization of plaque morphology and identification of vulnerable plaque. Add...

SPECT-CT of a Noncalcified Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque

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Correlation of Atherosclerotic Plaque Compositions in Coronary and Carotid Arteries

Introduction: Atherosclerosis has been shown to be a systematic disease which often involves multiple vascular beds, such as coronary and carotid arteries . The size of carotid lipid-rich necrotic core (LRNC) and presence of intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH) were demonstrated to be high risk features due to their correlations with neurovascular events . For coronary atherosclerosis, previous studies...