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Perivascular Fat Attenuation Index Stratifies Cardiac Risk Associated With High-Risk Plaques in the CRISP-CT Study
Oikonomou EK, Desai MY, Marwan M, Kotanidis CP, Antonopoulos AS, Schottlander D, Channon KM, Neubauer S, Achenbach S, Antoniades C. Perivascular Fat Attenuation Index Stratifies Cardiac Risk Associated With High-Risk Plaques in the CRISP-CT Study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2020, 76: 755-757. PMID: 32762910, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdipose TissueAdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCoronary VesselsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlaque, AtheroscleroticRisk AssessmentTomography, X-Ray Computed
2020
Artificial intelligence in medical imaging: A radiomic guide to precision phenotyping of cardiovascular disease
Oikonomou EK, Siddique M, Antoniades C. Artificial intelligence in medical imaging: A radiomic guide to precision phenotyping of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular Research 2020, 116: 2040-2054. PMID: 32090243, PMCID: PMC7585409, DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac computed tomographyNon-invasive imagingCardiovascular imagingCardiovascular diseaseNon-invasive cardiovascular imagingCardiac CTCardiovascular risk stratificationFirst-line optionImportant clinical implicationsRisk stratificationUnstable patientsClinical careComputed tomographyCurrent evidenceClinical implicationsCardiac imagingRadiomics approachPatientsRadiomics methodTissue biologyCardiovascular diagnosticsDiseaseFuture studiesImagingPhenotyping
2017
Detecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat
Antonopoulos AS, Sanna F, Sabharwal N, Thomas S, Oikonomou EK, Herdman L, Margaritis M, Shirodaria C, Kampoli AM, Akoumianakis I, Petrou M, Sayeed R, Krasopoulos G, Psarros C, Ciccone P, Brophy CM, Digby J, Kelion A, Uberoi R, Anthony S, Alexopoulos N, Tousoulis D, Achenbach S, Neubauer S, Channon KM, Antoniades C. Detecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat. Science Translational Medicine 2017, 9 PMID: 28701474, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal2658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerivascular adipose tissueFat attenuation indexVascular inflammationSubclinical coronary artery diseaseHuman adipose tissue explantsHuman vesselsLipid accumulationHuman coronary vasculatureAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseVulnerable atherosclerotic plaquesIntracellular lipid accumulationHuman coronary arteriesAdipocyte lipid contentAdipose tissue explantsPositron emission tomographyCT scan informationCoronary inflammationCoronary syndromeArtery diseaseCardiac surgeryValidation cohortCoronary arteryMultiple disease statesTissue inflammation