Coronary Plaque Volume and Stenosis: Important Determinants of Myocardial Ischemia

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Feb 6;71(5):510-512. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.018.

Authors

Ron Blankstein¹, Leslee J Shaw², Marcelo F Di Carli³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: rblankstein@bwh.harvard.edu.
² Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 29406856
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.018

No abstract available

Keywords: CAD; cardiac PET; coronary CT angiography; coronary stenosis; plaque volume.

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MeSH terms

Constriction, Pathologic
Coronary Artery Disease*
Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial*
Humans
Myocardial Ischemia*
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*