2021
Standardised quantification of coronary inflammation using cardiac computed tomography: The Fat Attenuation Index Score (FAI-Score)
Oikonomou E, Schottlander D, Antonopoulos A, Marwan M, Kotanidis C, Kluner L, Shirodaria C, Channon K, Neubauer S, Desai M, Deanfield J, Achenbach S, Antoniades C. Standardised quantification of coronary inflammation using cardiac computed tomography: The Fat Attenuation Index Score (FAI-Score). European Journal Of Preventive Cardiology 2021, 28: zwab061.451. DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwab061.451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary inflammationRight coronaryFAI scoreCardiac mortalityPercentile curvesPrognostic valueCoronary artery disease indexHigh-risk plaque featuresCardiovascular prevention strategiesTraditional risk factorsCardiac computed tomographyBritish Heart FoundationFAI valuesMedian followInflammatory burdenCardiovascular riskAtherosclerotic changesCardiac deathAnterior descendingCircumflex arteryCoronary territoriesRisk stratificationPlaque featuresCoronary arteryMean age
2020
OP4 Perivascular fat attenuation index mapping around the right and left coronary artery independently predict cardiac mortality
Kotanidis C, Oikonomou E, Marwan M, Thomas K, Alashi A, Antonopoulos A, Shirodaria C, Neubauer S, Channon K, Achenbach S, Desai M, Antoniades C. OP4 Perivascular fat attenuation index mapping around the right and left coronary artery independently predict cardiac mortality. Heart 2020, 106: a2-a2. DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-bsci.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerivascular fat attenuation indexFat attenuation indexCoronary arteryCoronary inflammationCardiac mortalityCardiac deathAnterior descending (LAD) coronary arteryEpicardial adipose tissue volumeFuture cardiac riskCox regression modelAdipose tissue volumeCross-sectional associationsAdipose tissue compositionMedian followProximal rightMultivariable adjustmentCardiac riskCoronary territoriesCoronary segmentsTomography angiographyIndependent associationHigh riskAverage ageArteryFuture incidence