NCT01168362

Korea Atherosclerosis Study-3

Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease With Multidetector-Row Cardiac Computed Tomography in Positive Cardiovascular Risk or Not

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 4,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Multidetector-row Computed Tomography (CT) has been introduced for use in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease. The investigators aimed to characterize coronary artery disease in subjects with cardiovascular risk or not, and in particular plaque natures depending on different status of cardiovascular risk. Especially,the investigators will evaluate the relationships between the pericardial fat and severity of stenosis as well as plaque characteristics using logistic regression models.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Cardiovascular Mortality
• All-cause Mortality

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2010-07-23
• Last updated: 2013-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea