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Epicardial and paracardial adipose tissue volume and attenuation – Association with high-risk coronary plaque on computed tomographic angiography in the ROMICAT II trial

Michael T. Lu, Jakob Park, Khristine Ghemigian, Thomas Mayrhofer, Stefan B. Puchner, Ting Liu, Jerome L. Fleg, James E. Udelson, Quynh A. Truong, Maros Ferencik,

Atherosclerosis · 2016 · 99 citations · 47 references

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Concepts

Romicat Ii TrialMedical ImagingCardiovascular DiseaseComputed Tomographic AngiographyHigh-risk Coronary PlaqueCardiologyAnesthesiologyArterial DiseasePublic HealthMedicineAtherosclerosisCardiac ImagingCoronary Artery DiseaseRadiologyCardiovascular Imaging

References

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Human Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is a Source of Inflammatory Mediators

Tomasz Mazurek, Lifeng Zhang, Andrew Zalewski et al. · Circulation · 2003 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Computed Tomographic Angiography Characteristics of Atherosclerotic Plaques Subsequently Resulting in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Sadako Motoyama, Masayoshi Sarai, Hiroto Harigaya et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2009 · 1.4K citations

Vascular Disease, Vascular Image, Cardiovascular Disease +10

Pericardial Fat, Visceral Abdominal Fat, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, and Vascular Calcification in a Community-Based Sample

Guido Aranha Rosito, Joseph M. Massaro, Udo Hoffmann et al. · Circulation · 2008 · 1K citations · Full text

Coronary CT Angiography versus Standard Evaluation in Acute Chest Pain

Udo Hoffmann, Quynh A. Truong, David Schoenfeld et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 876 citations · Full text

Detection of Calcified and Noncalcified Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Contrast-Enhanced, Submillimeter Multidetector Spiral Computed Tomography

Stephan Achenbach, Fabian Moselewski, Dieter Ropers et al. · Circulation · 2003 · 830 citations