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SUBMITTER: Ma R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599179 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Runlei R Ties Daan D van Assen Marly M Pelgrim Gert Jan GJ Sidorenkov Grigory G van Ooijen Peter M A PMA van der Harst Pim P van Dijk Randy R Vliegenthart Rozemarijn R
European radiology 20200722 12
<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine normal pericoronary adipose tissue mean attenuation (PCAT<sub>MA</sub>) values for left the anterior descending (LAD), left circumflex (LCX), and right coronary artery (RCA) in patients without plaques on coronary CT angiography (cCTA), taking into account tube voltage influence.<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective study included 192 patients (76 (39.6%) men; median age 49 years (range, 19-79)) who underwent cCTA with third-generation dual-source CT for the suspicio ...[more]