Oxford University Press (OUP), European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 5(18), p. 499-507
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew274
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AIMS We aimed to investigate whether quantitative plaque features measured from coronary CT angiography (CCTA) predict ischemia by myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging (MPI). METHODS AND RESULTS Hundred and eighty-four consecutive patients (63% males) with suspected-coronary artery disease, undergoing hybrid CCTA, and attenuation corrected solid state (99m)Tc stress/rest MPI and single vessel ischemia were considered. Quantitative analysis of CCTA derived non-calcified plaque (NCP), low-density NCP [