Influence of pericoronary adipose tissue on local coronary atherosclerosis as assessed by a novel MDCT volumetric method

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-157

  Maurovich Horvat, Pál ^a,b   Kallianos, Kimberly ^a   Engel, Leif Christopher ^a   Szymonifka, Jackie ^a   Fox, Caroline S ^c   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Epicardial fat; Inflammation; Pericoronary fat

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IODIXANOL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICORONARY ADIPOSE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80055011151     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.06.049     Document Type: Article

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