Impact of pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation on clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention

BACKGROUND: Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation, measured using coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA), is a potential marker of coronary inflammation. AIMS: We aimed to examine the association between coronary inflammation, as assessed by measuring PCAT attenuation before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and clinical outcomes of PCI using current-generation drug-eluting stents (DES). METHODS: ) were assessed using cCTA. The primary outcome was a patient-oriented composite endpoint (PoCE), including cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, any revascularisation, and stroke. RESULTS: (.