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. 2024 Jun 18;97(1160):1483–1491. doi: 10.1093/bjr/tqae119

Table 1.

Characteristics of CCTA population.

  • Total amount

  • Age

  • Hospital stay (days)

  • Gender

  • Family history

  • Hypertension

  • T2DM

  • T1DM

  • Smoker

  • Dyslipidaemia

  • Vascular history

  • HEART score

  • SBP

  • DBP

  • HR

  • ECG normal

  • Troponin normal

  • Creatinine normal

  • Wait time to CCTA

  • Calcium score

  • Dose length product

  • Artefactual scans

  • Angiography

  • Revascularization

  • MI/death at 30 days

  • 369

  • 52 (44-60)

  • 6.5 (5-9)

  • Male = 198 (54), Female = 171 (46)

  • 206 (57)

  • 122 (33)

  • 34 (9)

  • 2 (0.05)

  • Current 96 (26), Ex 92 (25)

  • 163 (44)

  • 7 (2)

  • 3

  • 133 (120-150)

  • 80 (76-88)

  • 76 (68-87)

  • 323 (87.5)

  • 357 (97)

  • 72 (61-85)

  • 14 (5-24)

  • 0 (0-24)

  • 190 (113-276)

  • 35 (9.5)

  • 39 (11)

  • 9 (2)-5 (1) involving LAD/LMCA

  • 0

  • Normal cardiac findings

  • Luminal stenoses

  • CADRADS

  • Vulnerable plaque

  • Non-luminal findings

  • Non-cardiac findings

  • Statin

  • 219 (59%).

  • 117 (32%)

  • 1 = 58 (15.7), 2 = 26 (7), 3 = 19 (5.2), 4 = 13 (3.5), 5 = 1 (0.2)

  • 13 (4)

  • Intra-atrial septal finding = 8 (2)—PFO = 7 (2), ASD = 1 (0.2).

  • Bridging = 7 (2)—Mid-LAD = 5 (1), distal LAD = 2 (0.4). Valvular calcification = 4 (1).

  • Ascending aortic aneurysms = 3 (0.8).

  • Coronary anomalies = 2 (0.4): LMCA from NCC with no high-risk features. LCx from right sinus.

  • Bicuspid AV = 1 (0.2).

  • Left atrial 1 cm × 1 cm inferior wall appendage = 1 (0.2).

  • Membranous ventricular septal aneurysm = 1 (0.2).

  • Pericardial thickening and fat stranding = 1 (0.2)

  • Normal = 273 (74%).

  • Lung = 53 (14). Nodular changes = 26 (7). Infectious changes = 12 (3). Atelectasis = 7 (2). Emphysema = 3 (0.8). Fibrosis = 3 (0.8). Bronchiectasis = 2 (0.5). Pulmonary trunk dilatation = 1 (0.2). Pleural plaque = 1 (0.2). Dependent changes = 1 (0.2). Pneumonitis = 1 (0.02). Pneumothorax = 1 (0.02). Pleural effusion = 1 (0.02)

  • Stomach = 21 (6). Hiatus hernia = 18 (5). Oesophageal dilatation = 2 (0.5). Gastric band = 1 (0.02)

  • Liver = 13 (4). Cyst = 7 (2). Hepatosteatosis = 5 (1). Haemangioma = 1 (0.2)

  • Breast = 10 (3). Nodules = 5 (1). Gynaecomastia = 3 (0.8). Breast implants = 1 (0.2). Mass = 1 (0.2)

  • Skeletal = 4 (1). Rib fracture = 2 (0.5). Pectus Excavatum = 1 (0.2). Rib sclerosis = 1 (0.2)

  • Vascular = 2 (0.4). Indeterminate vessel coming over pulmonary artery = 1 (0.2). Scattered atheroma in descending thoracic aorta = 1 (0.2)

  • Commenced = 67 (18), Already on = 38 (10), Not prescribed = 11 (3), Dose increased = 5 (1)

Please note that continuous results are expressed as a median with interquartile range provided, whereas categorical variables are expressed as a total with a percentage following. Abbreviations: CCTA = coronary computed tomography angiography; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; ECG = electrocardiogram; HR = heart rate; LAD = left anterior descending artery; LMCA = left main coronary artery; SBP = systolic blood pressure.