Figure 6.

Prediction of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) by high-risk computed tomographic (CT) features. Results of prospective imaging study involving 3158 patients, aimed to evaluate whether CT-derived plaque characteristics can predict midterm likelihood of ACS. Cumulative event rate for patients with high-risk CT features (high-risk plaque [HRP] (+); low attenuation or positive remodeled plaque) identified at baseline vs those without high-risk CT features (HRP (−); A). Although the event rate in HRP (+) patients is higher than HRP (−), the number of patients in the HRP (+) group was 10-fold lower resulting in a similar cumulative number of events among the 2 groups (B). Adapted from Motoyama et al¹⁶⁷ with permission of the publisher. Copyright ©2015, Elsevier.