Because of the small size of coronary plaque and its continuous beating with the heart,the assessment of the nature of coronary atherosclerotic plaques by magnetic resonance imaging remains a challenge in current rese...Because of the small size of coronary plaque and its continuous beating with the heart,the assessment of the nature of coronary atherosclerotic plaques by magnetic resonance imaging remains a challenge in current research.Recent studies have shown that changes in the pericoronary fat environment are closely related to the nature of coronary atherosclerotic plaques.At present,the new multi-modal magnetic resonance technology can quantitatively assess the changes of pericorral fat environment,which is expected to effectively evaluate the properties of coronary artery plaque.Therefore,it is of greater clinical importance to study pericoronary fat.Advances in the biological significance of pericoronary fat,comparative imaging for pericoronary fat assessment and clinical applications of its imaging will be reviewed.展开更多
基金Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(822RC873)Sanya Medical Science and Technology Innovation Project of China(2019YW01)。
文摘Because of the small size of coronary plaque and its continuous beating with the heart,the assessment of the nature of coronary atherosclerotic plaques by magnetic resonance imaging remains a challenge in current research.Recent studies have shown that changes in the pericoronary fat environment are closely related to the nature of coronary atherosclerotic plaques.At present,the new multi-modal magnetic resonance technology can quantitatively assess the changes of pericorral fat environment,which is expected to effectively evaluate the properties of coronary artery plaque.Therefore,it is of greater clinical importance to study pericoronary fat.Advances in the biological significance of pericoronary fat,comparative imaging for pericoronary fat assessment and clinical applications of its imaging will be reviewed.
