Human coronary inflammation by computed tomography: Relationship with coronary microvascular dysfunction
BackgroundA new imaging metric using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), addressing the peri-coronary adipose tissue (PCAT) computed tomography (CT) attenuation, has been clinically validated. This method provides information regarding coronary inflammation. It is unclear how coronary inflammation affects microvascular function. The non-invasive evaluation of coronary flow velocity reserve is widely used in clinical practice using Doppler measurement on the left anterior descending coronary artery (CFVR-lad) during stress-echocardiography (SE).
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Maria Cristina Pasqualetto, Domenico Tuttolomondo, Antonio Cutruzzol à, Giampaolo Niccoli, Damini Dey, Alessandro Greco, Chiara Martini, Concetta Irace, Fausto Rigo, Nicola Gaibazzi Source Type: research