Mind the Heart: Stress-Associated Neural Activity Associates With Perivascular Coronary Inflammation and Vulnerable Plaque Features

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Nov;16(11):1416-1418. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.05.004. Epub 2023 Jun 7.

Authors

Michael T Osborne¹, Ahmed Tawakol²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: MOSBORNE@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 37294243
PMCID: PMC10665537 (available on 2024-11-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.05.004

No abstract available

Keywords: (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; coronary artery disease; coronary computed tomography angiography; fat attenuation index; stress-associated neural activity.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue
Computed Tomography Angiography
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease* / complications
Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Heart
Humans
Inflammation / complications
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Predictive Value of Tests

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