CCTA-Derived coronary plaque burden offers enhanced prognostic value over CAC scoring in suspected CAD patients.

Journal: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
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Abstract

AIMS: To assess the prognostic utility of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring and coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-derived quantitative plaque metrics for predicting adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

Authors

  • Jorge Dahdal
    Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Ruurt A Jukema
    Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Teemu Maaniitty
    Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine, and PET, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
  • Nick S Nurmohamed
    Division of Cardiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Pieter G Raijmakers
    Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET Research, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Roel Hoek
    Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Roel S Driessen
    VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
  • Jos W R Twisk
    Department of Epidemiology & Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Sarah Bär
    Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
  • R Nils Planken
    Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (C.P.S.B., A.J.N., P.v.O., R.N.P.) and Cardiology (S.M.B.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands (J.J.M.W.); Department of Research and Development, Pie Medical Imaging BV, Maastricht, the Netherlands (J.P.A.); and Departments of Cardiology (G.P.B., S.A.J.C.) and Radiology (T.L.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Niels van Royen
    Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Robin Nijveldt
    Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
  • Jeroen J Bax
    Departments of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Antti Saraste
    Heart Center, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Alexander R van Rosendael
    Department of Radiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
  • Paul Knaapen
    Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Juhani Knuuti
    Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520, Turku, Finland.
  • Ibrahim Danad
    Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.