Focal pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation is related to plaque presence, plaque type, and stenosis severity in coronary CTA

To investigate the association of pericoronary adipose tissue mean attenuation (PCATMA) with coronary artery disease (CAD) characteristics on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA).We retrospectively investigated 165 symptomatic patients who underwent third-generation dual-source CCTA at 70kVp: 93 with and 72 without CAD (204 arteries with plaque, 291 without plaque). CCTA was evaluated for presence and characteristics of CAD per...