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Fig. 3 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Fig. 3

From: The effect of LDL-C status on the association between increased coronary artery calcium score and compositional plaque volume progression in statins-treated diabetic patients: evaluated using serial coronary CTAs

Fig. 3

Representative imaging. A 48-year-old female diabetic patient whose ASCVD risk category is very high risk. There was a non-calcific plaque on the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery at the baseline CCTA (a1, a2). The non-calcified plaque volume was 107.21 mm3, and the stenosis degree was 30.26%. After an 18-month follow-up, the LDL-C at follow-up was 3.6 mmol/L. Follow-up CCTA showed an increase in the extent of the original lesion, along with new formation of calcified components. The calcified volume in the plaque was 97.4 mm3 and the non-calcified volume was 144.24 mm3, with a stenosis of 65.5% (b1, b2)   .

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

ISSN: 1475-2840