期刊
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
卷 22, 期 3, 页码 298-306出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa224
关键词
coronary computed tomography angiography; pericoronary adipose tissue; inflammation; atherosclerosis; myocardial infarction
资金
- National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [1R01HL133616, 1R01HL148787-01A1]
The study found that CT attenuation of pericoronary adipose tissue can be used as an imaging biomarker to differentiate between different stages of coronary artery disease, independently distinguishing patients with acute myocardial infarction, stable CAD, and no CAD.
Aims Vascular inflammation inhibits local adipogenesis in pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) and this can be detected on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as an increase in CT attenuation of PCAT surrounding the proximal right coronary artery (RCA). In this cross-sectional study, we assessed the utility of PCAT CT attenuation as an imaging biomarker of coronary inflammation in distinguishing different stages of coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and results Sixty patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) were prospectively recruited to undergo CCTA within 48 h of admission, prior to invasive angiography. These participants were matched to patients with stable CAD (n = 60) and controls with no CAD (n = 60) by age, gender, BMI, risk factors, medications, and CT tube voltage. PCAT attenuation around the proximal RCA was quantified per-patient using semi-automated software. Patients with MI had a higher PCAT attenuation (-82.3 +/- 5.5 HU) compared with patients with stable CAD (-90.6 +/- 5.7 HU, P < 0.001) and controls (-95.8 +/- 6.2 HU, P < 0.001). PCAT attenuation was significantly increased in stable CAD patients over controls (P = 0.01). The association of PCAT attenuation with stage of CAD was independent of age, gender, cardiovascular risk factors, epicardial adipose tissue volume, and CCTA-derived quantitative plaque burden. No interaction was observed for clinical presentation (MI vs. stable CAD) and plaque burden on PCAT attenuation. Conclusion PCAT CT attenuation as a quantitative measure of global coronary inflammation independently distinguishes patients with MI vs. stable CAD vs. no CAD. Future studies should assess whether this imaging biomarker can track patient responses to therapies in different stages of CAD.
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