Kenneth R Holmes, Gaurav S Gulsin, Timothy A Fairbairn, Lynne Hurwitz-Koweek, Hitoshi Matsuo, Bjarne L Nørgaard, Jesper M Jensen, Niels-Peter Rønnow Sand, Koen Nieman, Jeroen J Bax, Gianluca Pontone, Kavitha M Chinnaiyan, Mark G Rabbat, Tetsuya Amano, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Takashi Akasaka, Hironori Kitabata, Campbell Rogers, Manesh R Patel, Geoffrey W Payne, Jonathon A Leipsic, Stephanie L Sellers
Purpose To examine the relationship between smoking status and coronary volume-to-myocardial mass ratio (V/M) among individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) analysis. Materials and Methods In this secondary analysis, participants from the ADVANCE registry evaluated for suspected CAD from July 15, 2015, to October 20, 2017, who were found to have coronary stenosis of 30% or greater at coronary CT angiography (CCTA) were included if they had known smoking status and underwent CT-FFR and V/M analysis...
April 2024: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging