2021
Assessing Cardiovascular Risk by Using the Fat Attenuation Index in Coronary CT Angiography
Klüner LV, Oikonomou EK, Antoniades C. Assessing Cardiovascular Risk by Using the Fat Attenuation Index in Coronary CT Angiography. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging 2021, 3: e200563. PMID: 33778665, PMCID: PMC7977699, DOI: 10.1148/ryct.2021200563.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPerivascular adipose tissueFat attenuation indexCoronary CT angiographyCoronary inflammationPrognostic valueHigh-risk plaque featuresCoronary Artery Disease ReportingAnti-inflammatory interventionsTraditional risk factorsFirst-line diagnostic testSignificant prognostic valueChest painDisease activityCoronary atherosclerosisSecondary preventionPlaque featuresCCTA analysisCoronary arteryCoronary calciumRisk factorsObservational studyRisk discriminationCT angiographyAdipose tissueInflammation
2019
Cardiac Computed Tomography
Oikonomou EK, West HW, Antoniades C. Cardiac Computed Tomography. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2019, 39: 2207-2219. PMID: 31510795, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.119.312899.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCardiac computed tomographyComputed tomographyCoronary atherosclerosisCoronary plaque burdenAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseFirst-line diagnostic testUnstable coronary plaquesMorphological plaque featuresCoronary syndromeInflammatory burdenArterial inflammationArtery diseaseCoronary lesionsPlaque burdenPlaque featuresPrognostic implicationsCoronary plaquesPerivascular fatHemodynamic significanceVulnerable plaquesDiagnostic testsMajor causeTomographyCurrent role