Increased coronary pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic controls: A propensity score matching analysis

• Published in: Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 327 - 335
• Main Authors: Yu, Yarong, Ding, Xiaoying, Yu, Lihua, Dai, Xu, Wang, Yufan, Zhang, Jiayin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Computed tomography angiography; Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Type 2; Computed tomography angiography; CCTA; Adipose tissue; PCAT; Diabetes mellitus; CAD; HRP; Type 2; DM; Coronary artery disease

Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation is an indicator of active inflammation of perivascular adipose tissue, which is supposed to increase in diabetic patients. We aimed to investigate the PCAT attenuation values and high-risk plaque (HRP) features in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects with...