Coronary Inflammation by Computed Tomography Pericoronary Fat Attenuation in MINOCA and Tako-Tsubo Syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Background The pericoronary fat attenuation index (pFAI) has emerged as a marker of coronary inflammation, which is measurable from standard coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). It compares well with gold-standard methods for the assessment of coronary inflammation and can predict future cardiovascular events. pFAI could prove invaluable to differentiate an inflammatory from a noninflammatory coronary artery status, helping unravel the mechanisms subtending an event classified as myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) or Tako-Tsubo syndrome (TTS). Methods and Results Patients admitted with MINOCA and TTS between 2011 and 2018, who had both CCTA and cardiac magnetic resonance during or shortly after the acute phase, were selected and pFAI measured i

SUBMITTER: Gaibazzi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755824 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature