A recent study compared the pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation across precursors of culprit and nonculprit lesions in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) versus stable coronary artery disease (CAD) by using contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography (CCTA). This non-invasive method of evaluation has shown to be essential in demonstrating that PCAT attenuation is significantly increased in the culprit lesion precursors of patients with ACS, suggesting the value of CCTA in the detection of vulnerable plaques in patients at risk of developing ACS.
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