Fig. 1

CMR example of coronary black blood vessel wall imaging. Cross-sectional images in a young, healthy volunteer and in a patient with mild CAD. a A scout scan obtained along the right coronary artery (RCA) in a healthy subject is shown together with the location for cross-sectional imaging (yellow line). Yellow arrows denote RCA cross section. b The normal volunteer has an eccentricity index (maximum wall thickness/minimum wall thickness) of 1.3. c The CAD patient has an eccentricity index of 3.3, indicating eccentric arterial remodeling