作者: Shane Oberoi , U. Joseph Schoepf , Mathias Meyer , Thomas Henzler , Garret W. Rowe
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8653
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摘要: OBJECTIVE. We sought to use cardiac CT angiography (CTA) longitudinally examine the relationship between changes in aortic stiffness and of atherosclerotic burden over time. MATERIALS AND METHODS. One hundred sixty-four patients with suspected coronary artery disease underwent two retrospectively ECG-gated CTA studies an average 12 ± 10 months apart. Arterial was represented by distensibility index (ADI) atherosclerosis segment involvement score (SIS) (defined as number segments per patient displaying plaque). Changes ADI SIS were compared using linear logistic regression accounting for differences clinical demographic baseline characteristics. RESULTS. Age (p = 0.004), time 0.02), increase < 0.001) associated a decrease on univariate analysis. Increase remained significant independent predictor decreased both mult...