Pericoronary and periaortic adipose tissue density are associated with inflammatory disease activity in Takayasu arteritis and atherosclerosis.
Christopher Wall,
Yuan Huang,
Elizabeth P V Le,
Andrej Ćorović,
Christopher P Uy,
Deepa Gopalan,
Chuoxin Ma,
Roido Manavaki,
Tim D Fryer,
Luigi Aloj,
Martin J Graves,
Enrico Tombetti,
Ben Ariff,
Paul Bambrough,
Stephen P Hoole,
Rosemary A Rusk,
David R Jayne,
Marc R Dweck,
David Newby,
Zahi A Fayad,
Martin R Bennett,
James E Peters,
Piotr Slomka,
Damini Dey,
Justin C Mason,
James H F Rudd,
Jason M Tarkin
Nov 22, 2021
Aims
To examine pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) and periaortic adipose tissue (PAAT) density on coronary computed tomography angiography for assessing arterial inflammation in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and...