Publications by authors named "Patricia Ciccone"
Article Synopsis
- Early detection of vascular inflammation can improve treatment strategies for various diseases, as it's usually hard to identify with standard imaging techniques.
- Researchers developed a new CT angiography method to analyze changes in perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) that occur due to inflammation, linking lab studies with human data from cardiac surgery patients.
- The CT fat attenuation index (FAI) was created to measure lipid content in PVAT, showing strong potential for identifying early coronary artery disease and monitoring changes in response to inflammation, which can help detect unstable plaques noninvasively in clinical settings.
