Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcification: Translating Biology
Bailey G, Meadows J, Morrison AR. Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcification: Translating Biology. Current Atherosclerosis Reports 2016, 18: 51. PMID: 27339750, PMCID: PMC5206894, DOI: 10.1007/s11883-016-0601-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic calcificationHard cardiovascular eventsTotal atherosclerotic burdenAtherosclerotic plaque calcificationAtherosclerotic burdenCardiovascular eventsCardiovascular mortalityCalcium burdenMyocardial infarctionMolecular imaging studiesPlaque calcificationAtherosclerotic lesionsImaging studiesMolecular imaging toolCalcificationGross assessmentPrecision medicineImaging toolMortalityBiologic processesBurdenInfarctionRisk assessment accuracyLesionsCalcium composition