Marked variation in atherosclerotic plaque progression between the major epicardial coronary arteries
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
Atherosclerosis develops progressively and worsens over time, yet event risk patterns vary in the left circumflex (LCx), right coronary artery (RCA) and left anterior descending (LAD). The aim of this analysis was to examine varying progressive disease alterations between the three major coronary arteries.
Reference: Marked variation in atherosclerotic plaque progression between the major epicardial coronary arteries. Bax AM, Lin FY, van Rosendael AR, Ma X, Lu Y, van den Hoogen IJ, Gianni U, Tantawy SW, Andreini D, Budoff MJ, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Choi JH, Conte E, de Araújo Gonçalves P, Gottlieb I, Hadamitzky M, Leipsic JA, Maffei E, Pontone G, Stone G, Shin S, Kim YJ, Lee BK, Chun EJ, Sung JM, Lee SE, Berman DS, Narula J, Chang HJ, Shaw LJ. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Apr 26:jeac044.