CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

Additive diagnostic value of atherosclerotic plaque characteristics to non-invasive FFR for identification of lesions causing ischaemia: results from a prospective international multicentre trial

EuroIntervention 2016;12:473-481 published online ahead of print September 2015. DOI: 10.4244/EIJY15M09_02

Ryo Nakazato1, MD; Hyung-Bok Park2, MD; Heidi Gransar3, MSc; Jonathon A. Leipsic4, MD; Matthew J. Budoff5, MD; G.B. John Mancini6, MD; Andrejs Erglis7, MD; Daniel S. Berman3, MD; James K. Min8*, MD

1. Cardiovascular Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 2. Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; 3. Departments of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine) and Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Cedars-Sinai Heart Institu

Aims: We evaluated the association between atherosclerotic plaque characteristics (APCs) by CT –including positive remodelling (PR), low attenuation plaque (LAP) and spotty calcification

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Coronary interventionsStable CADInvasive imaging and functional assessment

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