Comparison of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden and Composition as Assessed on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in East Asian and European-Origin Caucasians

Recent evidence suggests plaque morphology evaluated on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) has prognostic implications. East Asians have a lower prevalence of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality compared with European-origin Caucasians. We aimed to compare coronary atherosclerotic burden and plaque composition in a matched cohort of Caucasian and East Asians patients with stable chest pain who underwent CTA. Two-hundred symptomatic patients (age 58.8 ±7.9, male 51%) were matched for age, gender, body mass index (BMI) and diabetes (100 each ethnic group).
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research