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A novel machine learning-derived radiotranscriptomic signature of perivascular fat improves cardiac risk prediction using coronary CT angiography
Oikonomou EK, Williams MC, Kotanidis CP, Desai MY, Marwan M, Antonopoulos AS, Thomas KE, Thomas S, Akoumianakis I, Fan LM, Kesavan S, Herdman L, Alashi A, Centeno EH, Lyasheva M, Griffin BP, Flamm SD, Shirodaria C, Sabharwal N, Kelion A, Dweck MR, Van Beek EJR, Deanfield J, Hopewell JC, Neubauer S, Channon KM, Achenbach S, Newby DE, Antoniades C. A novel machine learning-derived radiotranscriptomic signature of perivascular fat improves cardiac risk prediction using coronary CT angiography. European Heart Journal 2019, 40: 3529-3543. PMID: 31504423, PMCID: PMC6855141, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerivascular adipose tissueFat attenuation indexCoronary CT angiographyCardiac risk predictionCoronary perivascular adipose tissueMajor adverse cardiac eventsCT angiographyRisk predictionHigh-risk plaque featuresPerivascular fat attenuation indexRadiomic featuresAdverse cardiac eventsConsecutive eligible participantsSCOT-HEART trialTraditional risk stratificationCoronary artery diseaseCoronary calcium scoreStandard coronary CT angiographyAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary inflammationCardiac eventsArtery diseaseCalcium scoreCardiac surgeryMACE prediction
2017
Vascular inflammation and metabolic activity in hematopoietic organs and liver in familial combined hyperlipidemia and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Toutouzas K, Skoumas J, Koutagiar I, Benetos G, Pianou N, Georgakopoulos A, Galanakos S, Antonopoulos A, Drakopoulou M, Oikonomou EK, Kafouris P, Athanasiadis E, Metaxas M, Spyrou G, Pallantza Z, Galiatsatos N, Aggeli C, Antoniades C, Keramida G, Peters AM, Anagnostopoulos CD, Tousoulis D. Vascular inflammation and metabolic activity in hematopoietic organs and liver in familial combined hyperlipidemia and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Journal Of Clinical Lipidology 2017, 12: 33-43. PMID: 29174439, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2017.10.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiomarkersBone MarrowC-Reactive ProteinCase-Control StudiesFemaleHeterozygoteHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHyperlipidemia, Familial CombinedHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIInflammationLipoproteins, LDLLiverMaleMiddle AgedPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographySpleenConceptsHeFH patientsFDG uptakeAortic TBRVascular inflammationBone marrowFamilial dyslipidemiaHigher low-density lipoprotein levelsF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/High-sensitivity C-reactive proteinBone marrow FDG uptakeLow-density lipoprotein levelsPositron emission tomography/C-reactive proteinHigh FDG uptakeHeterozygous familial hypercholesterolemiaLow-density lipoproteinHepatic metabolic activityHematopoietic organsHigh liver uptakeDyslipidemic groupAdult patientsCardiovascular riskInflammatory biomarkersSerum lipidsAccelerated atherogenesis