U.S., Sept. 16 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07172308) titled 'High Risk Atherosclerosis Identified at Cardiac CT Among Patients With vs Without Family History of CAD' on Aug. 31.
Brief Summary: Acute coronary syndrome often represtent the first drammatic manifestation of coronary atherosclerosis.
Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has recently gained a pivotal role in the evalution of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Of inteterst, it may provide important information on coronary atherosclerosis beyond lumen stenosis; more precisely high risk plaque features could be identified even in the abesence of significative lumen stenosis (i.e. not flow-limiting lesio...