Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation, Low-Attenuation Plaque Burden, and 5-Year Risk of Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation and low-attenuation noncalcified plaque (LAP) burden can both predict outcomes.

Objectives

This study sought to assess the relative and additive values of PCAT attenuation and LAP to predict future risk of myocardial infarction.

Methods

In a post hoc analysis of the multicenter SCOT-HEART (Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart) trial, the authors investigated the relationships between the future risk of fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction and PCAT attenuation measured from coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) using multivariable Cox regression models including plaque burden, obstructive coronary disease, and cardiac risk score (incorporating age, sex, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, hyperlipi

SUBMITTER: Tzolos E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9187595 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature