Effect of Body Mass Index on Effectiveness of CT versus Invasive Coronary Angiography in Stable Chest Pain: The...

Robert Sykes¹, Damien Collison¹, Bela Merkely¹+80

• ¹School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (R.S., D.C., C.B., C.D.); Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, United Kingdom (D.C., C.B.); Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (B.M., P.M.H., T. Bárány, B.S., M.V.N.); Departments of Cardiology (K.F.K., A.D.K.) and Radiology (K.F.K., A.D.K.), Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet & Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Cardiology, Southeastern Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom (P.D., C.O., S. Kelly, S.R.); Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (J.R.P., F.X.V., B.G.d.B.); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Spain (J.R.P., F.X.V., B.G.d.B.); Department of Cardiology, Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia (A.E.); University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia (A.E.); Department of Cardiology, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic (J.V., M.H.); Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (G.Š.); Department of Cardiology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (G.Š.); Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia (N.Č.A., F.A.); Department of Cardiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia (N.Č.A., F.A.); Department of Radiology, University of Leipzig Heart Centre, Leipzig, Germany (M.G.); Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (J.D.D.); School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (J.D.D.); Department of Cardiology, Basurto Hospital, Bilbao, Spain (I.D., A.R.); Departments of Cardiology (G.D.) and Radiology (E.T.), Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom (G.D.); Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu 10117 Berlin, Germany (E.Z., S.F., M. Mohamed, M.R., V.W., M.E., M.B., M.D.); National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland (C. Kępka, M.K.); Department of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Clinic, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia (R.V., A.Z.); Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (R.V.); Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy (M. Francone); Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy (M. Francone); Department of Cardiology, Provincial Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland (M.I.S.); Department of Internal Medicine III, Department of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria (F.P.); Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland (J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia-Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal (R.F., V.G.R.); Department of Cardiology, Alb Fils Kliniken, Göppingen, Germany (S.S., T.D.); Department of Radiology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy (L.S.); Department of Cardiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom (B.R., M. Fisher); Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom (B.R., M. Fisher); Institute of Public Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (N.R.); ECRIN-ERIC (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network-European Research Infrastructure Consortium), Paris, France (C. Kubiak); Department of Public Health, Section for Health Services Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (K.S.H.); Bavarian Cancer Registry, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Munich, Germany (J.M.N.); Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (P.M.H.); Center of Advanced Research in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, CardioMed Medical Center, Targu Mures, Romania (I.B., I.R.); Department of Radiology, Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia (L.Z.); Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (A.J.); Department of Radiology, Kaunas Clinics, Kaunas, Lithuania (A.J.); Department of Cardiology, University of Leipzig Heart Centre, Leipzig, Germany (M.W.); Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (S. Keane); Department of Radiology, Basurto Hospital, Bilbao, Spain (I.L.); Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (M.L., H.D.); Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy (M. Mancone); Department of Radiology, Provincial Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland (D.K.); Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria (G.F.); Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland (M. Pietilä); Administrative Centre, Health Care District of Southwestern Finland, Turku, Finland (M. Pietilä); Department of Radiology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy (M. Porcu); Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom (M. Fisher); Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark (C.S.); Department of Cardiology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Tirgu Mures, Romania (R.A.); Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital of Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark (J.A.); Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (H.C.C.); Department of Cardiology, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark (B.J.); Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic of Cardiology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Targu Mures, Romania (R.H., T. Benedek); DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany (H.D., M.D.); Berlin University Alliance, Berlin, Germany (M.D.); Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (L.M.S.H., P.M.); Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (K.N.); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore (M. Ferencik); County Clinical Emergency Hospital Targu Mures, Targu Mures, Romania (T. Benedek); Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (M.D.); and Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC), Berlin, Germany (M.D.).