Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite remarkable advances in the management of coronary artery disease, the prediction of adverse coronary events remains challenging. Over the preceding decades, considerable effort has been made to improve risk stratification using noninvasive imaging. Recently, these efforts have increasingly focused on the direct imaging of coronary atherosclerotic plaque. Modern imaging now allows imaging of coronary plaque burden, plaque type, atherosclerotic plaque activity, and plaque thrombosis, which have major potential to refine patient risk stratification, aid decision making, and advance future clinical practice.

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无创冠状动脉粥样硬化斑块成像

冠状动脉疾病是全世界发病和死亡的主要原因。尽管冠状动脉疾病的治疗取得了显着进展，但不良冠状动脉事件的预测仍然具有挑战性。在过去的几十年中，人们为利用无创成像改善风险分层做出了巨大的努力。最近，这些努力越来越集中于冠状动脉粥样硬化斑块的直接成像。现代成像技术现在可以对冠状动脉斑块负荷、斑块类型、动脉粥样硬化斑块活动和斑块血栓形成进行成像，这对于完善患者风险分层、帮助决策和推进未来的临床实践具有巨大潜力。