… Udo Hoffmann reports institutional research grants from Medimmune, Kowa Ltd, and
HeartFlow Inc, all outside the submitted work. Raymond Y. Huang, has received research support …

Background— Hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease is an important indication
for revascularization. Stress myocardial perfusion imaging is a noninvasive alternative to …

Most acute coronary syndromes are caused by sudden luminal thrombosis due to atherosclerotic
plaque rupture or erosion. Preventing such an event seems to be the only effective …

Background— Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) compartments may confer increased metabolic
risk. The incremental utility of measuring both visceral and subcutaneous abdominal …

BACKGROUND & AIMS:: Microorganisms that directly interact with the intestinal mucosa are
obscured by fecal flora and poorly characterized. METHODS:: We investigated the mucosal …

… Udo Hoffmann … Maximum IVUS plaque areas within coronary segments with true-positive
and false-negative MDCT results were compared by using Mann-Whitney U test. …

Background Many patients have symptoms suggestive of coronary artery disease (CAD) and
are often evaluated with the use of diagnostic testing, although there are limited data from …

Background— Pericardial fat may be an important mediator of metabolic risk. Correlations
with cardiovascular disease risk factors and vascular calcification in a community-based …

… , with 48% of the patients having scores ≥100 U. Whereas the prevalence of coronary artery
calcification scores ≥100 versus <100 U significantly increased with worsening eGFR, no …

A brain–computer interface (BCI) is a communication system that translates brain-activity
into commands for a computer or other devices. In other words, a BCI allows users to act on …