Coronary Plaque Morphology and the Anti-Inflammatory Impact of Atorvastatin | Zendy

Parmanand Singh | Zendy; Hamed Emami | Zendy; Sharath Subramanian | Zendy; Pál MaurovichHorvat | Zendy; Gergana Marincheva-Savcheva | Zendy; Héctor M. Medina | Zendy; Amr Abdelbaky | Zendy; Achilles Alon | Zendy; Sudha S. Shankar | Zendy; James H.F. Rudd | Zendy; Zahi A. Fayad | Zendy; Udo Hoffmann | Zendy; Ahmed Tawakol | Zendy

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Coronary Plaque Morphology and the Anti-Inflammatory Impact of Atorvastatin

Author(s) -

Parmanand Singh,

Hamed Emami,

Sharath Subramanian,

Pál MaurovichHorvat,

Gergana Marincheva-Savcheva,

Héctor M. Medina,

Amr Abdelbaky,

Achilles Alon,

Sudha S. Shankar,

James H.F. Rudd,

Zahi A. Fayad,

Udo Hoffmann,

Ahmed Tawakol

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.115.004195

Subject(s) - atorvastatin , medicine , cardiology , confidence interval , computed tomographic , computed tomographic angiography , artery , inflammation , fibrous cap , fluorodeoxyglucose , vulnerable plaque , prospective cohort study , radiology , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , angiography

Nonobstructive coronary plaques manifesting high-risk morphology (HRM) associate with an increased risk of adverse clinical cardiovascular events. We sought to test the hypothesis that statins have a greater anti-inflammatory effect within coronary plaques containing HRM.

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