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ArticleBioMed research international2018

Semiautomatic Volumetry of Low Attenuation of Thoracic Aortic Plaques on Curved Planar Reformations Using MDCT Angiographic Data with 0.5 mm Collimation.

Kenji Mizutani, Izumi Torimoto, Zenjiro Sekikawa, Toshiaki Nishii, Takashi Kawasaki, Keiichiro Kasama, Takahisa Goto, Shigeo Takebayashi

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Article in BioMed research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenji MizutaniDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Izumi TorimotoDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6932-9021
Zenjiro SekikawaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Toshiaki NishiiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Takashi KawasakiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Keiichiro KasamaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Takahisa GotoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Shigeo TakebayashiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Yokohama City University Medical Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the relationship of aortic low attenuation plaque volume (LAPV) on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) with the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), the coronary arterial disease (CAD, ≥50% stenosis), severe (≥90% stenosis) CAD, hypertension, and long-term (≥10 years) hypertension. Curved planar reformations (CPR) of three segments (the ascending, the arch, and the upper descending aorta) of the thoracic aorta were generated with attenuation-dependent color codes to measure LAPV with 0~29 HU and total noncalcified plaque volume (TNPV) with 0~150 HU in 95 patients. Correlation coefficients were employed to assess the impact of each LAPV and TNPV on AAA, CAD, severe CAD, hypertension, and long-term hypertension. Each Mean LAPV/cm and TNPV/cm was statistically greater in the aortic arch than the ascending (

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Multidetector Computed TomographyAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAorta, ThoracicCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlaque, AtheroscleroticRetrospective Studies

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PMCPMC5987240
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