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⚡️ #YesCCT Coronary Plaque Assessment #Tweetorial ⚡️
By @CoronaryDoc + @AChoiHeart
✅ Why Plaque Assessment?
✅ High Risk Plaque Features
✅ Plaque Characterization/Quantification
✅ Supporting Clinical Data
#CardioTwitter #ACCImaging #SCCT2019 @heart_scct @journalCCT
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By @CoronaryDoc + @AChoiHeart
✅ Why Plaque Assessment?
✅ High Risk Plaque Features
✅ Plaque Characterization/Quantification
✅ Supporting Clinical Data
#CardioTwitter #ACCImaging #SCCT2019 @heart_scct @journalCCT
1/14
2/14
As #SCD or #MI is 1st symptom of #atherosclerosis in 2/3 of pts, early ID of #CAD is of paramount importance
#YesCCT allows for
✅ ID of plaque
✅ Quant. of plaque
✅ Characterization of plaque
✅ Arterial remodeling
Lin, @LubbDup & @lesleejshaw: bit.ly/2x1b5Yz
As #SCD or #MI is 1st symptom of #atherosclerosis in 2/3 of pts, early ID of #CAD is of paramount importance
#YesCCT allows for
✅ ID of plaque
✅ Quant. of plaque
✅ Characterization of plaque
✅ Arterial remodeling
Lin, @LubbDup & @lesleejshaw: bit.ly/2x1b5Yz
3/14
Serial angiographic studies have demonstrated an accelerated & rapid plaque progression before most cases of ACS
Rapid plaque growth ➡️ plaque rupture ➡️ thrombus formation ➡️ MI
@LubbDup & @JonathonLeipsic et al: bit.ly/2WIt5Bj
Serial angiographic studies have demonstrated an accelerated & rapid plaque progression before most cases of ACS
Rapid plaque growth ➡️ plaque rupture ➡️ thrombus formation ➡️ MI
@LubbDup & @JonathonLeipsic et al: bit.ly/2WIt5Bj
