A/Prof Chee L Khoo has written in GP Voice on the coronary fat attenuation index (FAI) and its place in cardiovascular risk assessment. Written for general practitioners, the article sets out how inflammation in the coronary artery wall alters the fat around it, how that change is read on a CT coronary angiogram, and what the outcome data show.
It also covers the effect of statin therapy on pericoronary inflammation, and FAI in patients with systemic inflammatory conditions such as psoriasis.
A/Prof Khoo acknowledges A/Prof Imre Hunyor for highlighting FAI at the recent Australian Atherosclerosis Society AGM. Central Sydney Cardiology was Australia’s first CaRi-Heart® Centre and offers Caristo’s FAI analysis on routine cardiac CT.
Read the article in GP Voice
CaRi-Heart at Central Sydney Cardiology