Prognostic Value and Therapeutic Perspectives of Coronary CT Angiography: A Literature Review

Figure 2

A fifty-three-year old-male patient with history of arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia was admitted at the emergency department for atypical chest pain. Cardiac computed tomography acquired during hospitalization showed in multiplanar reconstruction a soft plaque determining stenosis of 70% in proximal left anterior descending artery ((a) (b) arrow). Cross sectional images showed positive remodeling of a soft plaque ((c) arrowhead).

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