ArticleScientific reports2023
Accuracy and limitation of plaque detection by coronary CTA: a section-to-section comparison with optical coherence tomography.
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- Optical coherence tomography-derived coronary vessel wall abnormalities in adults long after Kawasaki disease.PloS one · 2026Article
- Computational Analysis of Intravascular OCT Images for Future Clinical Support: A Comprehensive Review.IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering · 2026Review
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- Carotid plaque characteristics by computed Tomography: A diagnostic accuracy systematic review.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2025Review
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- Coronary bypass surgery guided by computed tomography in a low-risk population.European heart journal · 2024Article
- Role of Lipid-Lowering and Anti-Inflammatory Therapies on Plaque Stabilization.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Multislice computerized tomography coronary angiography can be a comparable tool to intravascular ultrasound in evaluating "true" coronary artery bifurcations.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Plaques identified by Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) are important in clinical diagnosis and primary prevention. High-risk plaque features by CCTA have been extensively validated using optical coherence tomography (OCT). However, since their general diagnostic performance and limitations have not been fully investigated, we sought to compare CCTA with OCT among consecutive vessel sections. We retrospectively compared 188 consecutive plaques and 84 normal sections in 41 vessels from 40 consecutive patients referred for chest pain evaluation who had both CCTA and OCT with a median time lapse of 1 day. The distance to reference points were used to co-register between the modalities and the diagnostic performance of CCTA was evaluated against OCT. Plaque categories evaluated by CT were calcified, non-calcified and mixed. The diagnostic performance of CCTA was excellent for detecting any plaque identified by OCT with the sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values and accuracy of 92%, 98%, 99%, 84% and 93%, respectively. The lower than expected negative predictive value was due to failure of detecting sub-millimeter calcified (≤ 0.25 mm
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