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The clinical utility of hybrid imaging for the identification of vulnerable plaque and vulnerable patients
- Source :
- Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 13(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Despite decades of research and major innovations in technology, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death globally. Our understanding of major cardiovascular events and their prevention is centred around the atherosclerotic plaque and the processes that ultimately lead to acute plaque rupture. Recent advances in hybrid imaging technology allow the combination of high spatial resolution and anatomical detail with molecular assessments of disease activity. This provides the ability to identify vulnerable plaque characteristics and differentiate active and quiescent disease, with the potential to improve patient risk stratification. Combined positron emission tomography and computed tomography is the prototypical non-invasive hybrid imaging technique for coronary artery plaque assessment. In this review we discuss the current state of play in the field of hybrid coronary atherosclerosis imaging.
- Subjects :
- Computed Tomography Angiography
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Angiography
Prognosis
Coronary Vessels
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Multimodal Imaging
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Positron-Emission Tomography
Humans
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1876861X
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........a483d3603546b317270d158723ef4744