Diagnostic performance of perivascular fat attenuation index to predict hemodynamic significance of coronary stenosis: a preliminary coronary computed tomography angiography study

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 673 - 681
• Main Authors: Yu, Mengmeng, Dai, Xu, Deng, Jianhong, Lu, Zhigang, Shen, Chengxing, Zhang, Jiayin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Angina; Angiography; Artificial intelligence; Attenuation; Cardiac; Computation; Computed tomography; Constraining; Diagnostic Radiology; Diagnostic systems; Hemodynamics; Imaging; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Ischemia; Learning algorithms; Lesions; Machine learning; Medical diagnosis; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multivariate analysis; Neuroradiology; Radiology; Risk; Stenosis; Subgroups; Ultrasound; Computed tomography angiography; Myocardial fractional flow reserve; Adipose tissue; Atheroma; Coronary artery disease

Objective This study aimed to investigate the association between perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) and hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions. Methods Patients with stable angina who underwent coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography and invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) meas...