Coronary Artery Plaque Characteristics Associated With Adverse Outcomes in the SCOT-HEART Study

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Authors

Michelle C. Williams · University of Edinburgh

Alastair J. Moss · British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science

Marc R. Dweck · British Heart Foundation

Philip D Adamson · University of Otago

Shirjel Alam · British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science

Amanda Hunter · British Heart Foundation

Anoop Shah

Abstract

Adverse coronary plaque characteristics and overall calcified plaque burden confer an increased risk of coronary heart disease death or nonfatal myocardial infarction. (Scottish COmputed Tomography of the HEART Trial [SCOT-HEART]; NCT01149590).

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volume 73, Issue 3, pp. 291-301

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.066

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