Title |
Statins use and coronary artery plaque composition: Results from the International Multicenter CONFIRM Registry
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Published in |
Atherosclerosis (00219150), August 2012
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DOI | 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.08.002 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Ryo Nakazato, Heidi Gransar, Daniel S. Berman, Victor Y. Cheng, Fay Y. Lin, Stephan Achenbach, Mouaz Al-Mallah, Matthew J. Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Tracy Q. Callister, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Ricardo C. Cury, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Benjamin J.W. Chow, Augustin Delago, Martin Hadamitzky, Joerg Hausleiter, Philipp Kaufmann, Erica Maffei, Gilbert Raff, Leslee J. Shaw, Todd C. Villines, Allison Dunning, Gudrun Feuchtner, Yong-Jin Kim, Jonathon Leipsic, James K. Min |
Abstract |
The effect of statins on coronary artery plaque features beyond stenosis severity is not known. Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is a novel non-invasive method that permits direct visualization of coronary atherosclerotic features, including plaque composition. We evaluated the association of statin use to coronary plaque composition type in patients without known coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing CCTA. |
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