Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Diabetes. Apr 15, 2025; 16(4): 102751
Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i4.102751
Figure 1
Open in New Tab Full Size Figure Download Figure
Figure 1 Flow diagram. CCTA: Coronary computed tomography angiography; T2DM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; SBPV: Systolic blood pressure variability.
Figure 2
Open in New Tab Full Size Figure Download Figure
Figure 2 Coronary computed tomography angiography evaluation of left anterior descending artery-pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation example. A: Heart reconstruction in three dimensions; B: The straightened view of the proximal coronary artery segment; C: The cross-sectional view of pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation ranging from -190 and -30 HU; D: Surrounding the first 40 mm of the left anterior descending artery. LAD: Left anterior descending artery.
Figure 3
Open in New Tab Full Size Figure Download Figure
Figure 3 Image of high-risk coronary plaques. A: Low attenuation plaque; B: Spotty calcification; C: Napkin-ring sign; D: Positive remodeling with a remodeling index = 1.57 [lesion plaque area (0.47 cm)/reference area (0.30 cm)].
Figure 4
Open in New Tab Full Size Figure Download Figure
Figure 4 Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation, high-risk plaques, and obstructive stenosis detected by coronary computed tomography angiography. A: The Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation value of three main coronary arteries; B: The proportion of different high-risk plaques; C: The proportion of obstructive stenosis. LAD: Left anterior descending artery; LCX: Left circumflex artery; RCA: Right coronary artery; PCAT: Pericoronary adipose tissue; NRS: Napkin-ring sign; SC: Spotty calcification; LAP: Low attenuation plaque; PR: Positive remodeling; OS: Obstructive stenosis; SBPV: Systolic blood pressure variability.
Figure 5
Open in New Tab Full Size Figure Download Figure
Figure 5 Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation, high-risk plaques, and obstructive stenosis identified by coronary computed tomography angiography. A: The Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation value of three main coronary arteries; B: The proportion of different high-risk plaques; C: The proportion of obstructive stenosis. LAD: Left anterior descending artery; LCX: Left circumflex artery; RCA: Right coronary artery; PCAT: Pericoronary adipose tissue; NRS: Napkin-ring sign; SC: Spotty calcification; LAP: Low attenuation plaque; PR: Positive remodeling; OS: Obstructive stenosis; SBP: Systolic blood pressure.