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Association Between Visceral Adipose Tissue Area and Coronary Plaque Morphology Assessed by CT Angiography
Author(s) -
Norihiko Ohashi,
Hideya Yamamoto,
Jun Horiguchi,
Toshiro Kitagawa,
Eiji Kunita,
Hiroto Utsunomiya,
Toshiharu Oka,
Nobuoki Kohno,
Yasuki Kihara
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.06.014
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose tissue , odds ratio , body mass index , waist , coronary artery disease , confidence interval , population , cardiology , computed tomography angiography , angiography , radiology , gastroenterology , environmental health
We sought to investigate the association between visceral adipose tissue (VAT) with the presence, extent, and characteristics of noncalcified coronary plaques (NCPs) using 64-slice computed tomography angiography (CTA).

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