CT-Leaman score and long-term prognostic effect of coronary atherosclerotic burden

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Feb;8(2)

16 February Feb 2015 11 years ago
  • Mushtaq S, De Araujo Gonçalves P, Garcia-Garcia HM, Pontone G, Bartorelli AL, Bertella E, Campos CM, Pepi M, Serruys PW, Andreini D.
Computed tomography-adapted Leaman score (CT-LeSc) was developed to quantify coronary CT angiography information about atherosclerotic burden (lesion localization, stenosis degree, and plaque composition). The objective of the study is to evaluate CT-LeSc long-term prognostic value in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).

The CT-adapted Leaman score is an independent long-term predictor of hard cardiac events. Patients with non obstructive CAD and high CT-LeSc had hard event-free survival similar to patients with obstructive CAD.

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