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Transluminal attenuation gradient derived from coronary CT angiography to predict ischemia in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Effect of coronary cross-sectional area
BackgroundCoronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-based transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) was suggested to determine the functional...
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New transluminal attenuation gradient derived from dynamic coronary CT angiography: diagnostic ability of ischemia detected by 13N-ammonia PET
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has low specificity for detecting significant functional coronary stenosis. We developed a new...
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Coronary inflammation based on pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation in type 2 diabetic mellitus: effect of diabetes management
BackgroundCoronary inflammation plays crucial role in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) induced cardiovascular complications. Both glucose-lowering...
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Does vessel length impact transluminal attenuation gradient in 320-slice coronary CT angiography? Correlation with invasive angiography
ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the influence of vessel length on transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) and establish a new index,...
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Coronary computed tomography angiography imaging features combined with computed tomography-fractional flow reserve, pericoronary fat attenuation index, and radiomics for the prediction of myocardial ischemia
BackgroundThis study aimed to predict myocardial ischemia (MIS) by constructing models with imaging features, CT-fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR),...
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Coronary chronic total occlusion on coronary CT angiography: what radiologists should know?
Coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) often occurs in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease, which remains one of the greatest...
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Contrast opacification difference of mural artery and the transluminal attenuation gradient on coronary computed tomography angiography for detection of systolic compression of myocardial bridge
PurposeMyocardial bridges (MB) have traditionally been considered a benign condition, but recent studies have demonstrated that the clinical...
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Radiomics-based discrimination of coronary chronic total occlusion and subtotal occlusion on coronary computed tomography angiography
ObjectivesDifferentiating chronic total occlusion (CTO) from subtotal occlusion (SO) is often difficult to make from coronary computed tomography...
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Clinical significance of transluminal attenuation gradient in 320-row area detector coronary CT angiography
The clinical significance of the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) has not been established. We evaluated the incremental diagnostic value of...
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Diagnostic performance of corrected FFRCT metrics to predict hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis
ObjectivesTo determine the diagnostic performance of the fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)...
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Machine Learning in Cardiovascular Risk Prediction and Precision Preventive Approaches
Purpose of ReviewIn this review, we sought to provide an overview of ML and focus on the contemporary applications of ML in cardiovascular risk...
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Improved diagnostic performance of transluminal attenuation gradient in combination with morphological evaluation of coronary artery stenosis using 320-row computed tomography
PurposeTo assess the utility of transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) in combination with coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for...
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A quick glance at selected topics in this issue
“A quick glance at selected topics in this issue” aims to highlight contents of the Journal and provide a quick review to the readers.
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Renovascular involvement of systemic vascular disease: a pictorial review
AbstractLike many solid organs, the kidneys are susceptible to a wide variety of systemic vascular diseases. Comprising a significant subset of these...
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Radiomics analysis of lesion-specific pericoronary adipose tissue to predict major adverse cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease
ObjectiveTo investigate the prognostic performance of radiomics analysis of lesion-specific pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) for major adverse...
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The mechanisms of arterial signal intensity profile in non-contrast coronary MRA (NC-MRCA): a 3D printed phantom investigation and clinical translations
Signal intensity (SI) drop has been proposed as an indirect stenosis assessment in non-contrast coronary MRA (NC-MRCA) but it uses unproven...
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Physiology and coronary artery disease: emerging insights from computed tomography imaging based computational modeling
Improvements in spatial and temporal resolution now permit robust high quality characterization of presence, morphology and composition of coronary...
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4D Flow MRI in the portal venous system: imaging and analysis methods, and clinical applications
Thus far, ultrasound, CT, and 2D cine phase-contrast MRI has been adopted to evaluate blood flow and vascular morphology in the portal venous system;...
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Influence of scan technique on intracoronary transluminal attenuation gradient in coronary CT angiography using 128-slice dual source CT: multi-beat versus one-beat scan
The purpose of our study was to investigate the impact of temporal uniformity and adjustment by the contrast opacification enhancement in the aorta...
