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Rapidly progressive coronary atherosclerosis in a young male: a retrospective advanced CCT phenotype analysis.
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging - 1 Oct 2024
Lorenzatti Daniel, Filtz Annalisa, Latib Azeem, DeRose Joseph, Dey Damini, Berman Daniel S, Garcia Mario J, Slipczuk Leandro
Abstract excerpt
We present a real-life case of a very young man with multiple risk factors who progressed rapidly from minimally obstructive non-calcified plaque on computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to severe three-vessel coronary disease presenting with STEMI. It questions the reliability of zero coronary calcium in high-risk subgroups like familial hypercholesterolemia, high Lp(a), and the young. While CCTA can accurately...
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