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Sang-Eun Lee Hyuk-Jae Chang Ji Min Sung Hyung-Bok Park Ran Heo Asim Rizvi Fay Y. Lin Amit Kumar Martin Hadamitzky Yong Jin Kim Edoardo Conte Daniele Andreini Gianluca Pontone Matthew J. Budoff Ilan Gottlieb Byoung Kwon Lee Eun Ju Chun Filippo Cademartiri James K. Min 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(10):1475-1484
Objectives
This study sought to describe the impact of statins on individual coronary atherosclerotic plaques.Background
Although statins reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, their long-term effects on coronary atherosclerosis remain unclear.Methods
We performed a prospective, multinational study consisting of a registry of consecutive patients without history of coronary artery disease who underwent serial coronary computed tomography angiography at an interscan interval of ≥2 years. Atherosclerotic plaques were quantitatively analyzed for percent diameter stenosis (%DS), percent atheroma volume (PAV), plaque composition, and presence of high-risk plaque (HRP), defined by the presence of ≥2 features of low-attenuation plaque, positive arterial remodeling, or spotty calcifications.Results
Among 1,255 patients (60 ± 9 years of age; 57% men), 1,079 coronary artery lesions were evaluated in statin-naive patients (n = 474), and 2,496 coronary artery lesions were evaluated in statin-taking patients (n = 781). Compared with lesions in statin-naive patients, those in statin-taking patients displayed a slower rate of overall PAV progression (1.76 ± 2.40% per year vs. 2.04 ± 2.37% per year, respectively; p = 0.002) but more rapid progression of calcified PAV (1.27 ± 1.54% per year vs. 0.98 ± 1.27% per year, respectively; p < 0.001). Progression of noncalcified PAV and annual incidence of new HRP features were lower in lesions in statin-taking patients (0.49 ± 2.39% per year vs. 1.06 ± 2.42% per year and 0.9% per year vs. 1.6% per year, respectively; all p < 0.001). The rates of progression to >50% DS were not different (1.0% vs. 1.4%, respectively; p > 0.05). Statins were associated with a 21% reduction in annualized total PAV progression above the median and 35% reduction in HRP development.Conclusions
Statins were associated with slower progression of overall coronary atherosclerosis volume, with increased plaque calcification and reduction of high-risk plaque features. Statins did not affect the progression of percentage of stenosis severity of coronary artery lesions but induced phenotypic plaque transformation. (Progression of AtheRosclerotic PlAque DetermIned by Computed TomoGraphic Angiography Imaging [PARADIGM]; NCT02803411) 相似文献2.
Indre Ceponiene Rine Nakanishi Kazuhiro Osawa Mitsuru Kanisawa Negin Nezarat Sina Rahmani Kendall Kissel Michael Kim Eranthi Jayawardena Alexander Broersen Pieter Kitslaar Matthew J. Budoff 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(12):1785-1794
Objectives
The aim of this study was to determine whether coronary artery calcium (CAC) progression was associated with coronary plaque progression on coronary computed tomographic angiography.Background
CAC progression and coronary plaque characteristics are associated with incident coronary heart disease. However, natural history of coronary atherosclerosis has not been well described to date, and the understanding of the association between CAC progression and coronary plaque subtypes such as noncalcified plaque progression remains unclear.Methods
Consecutive patients who were referred to our clinic for evaluation and had serial coronary computed tomography angiography scans performed were included in the study. Coronary artery plaque (total, fibrous, fibrous-fatty, low-attenuation, densely calcified) volumes were calculated using semiautomated plaque analysis software.Results
A total of 211 patients (61.3 ± 12.7 years of age, 75.4% men) were included in the analysis. The mean interval between baseline and follow-up scans was 3.3 ± 1.7 years. CAC progression was associated with a significant linear increase in all types of coronary plaque and no plaque progression was observed in subjects without CAC progression. In multivariate analysis, annualized and normalized total plaque (β = 0.38; p < 0.001), noncalcified plaque (β = 0.35; p = 0.001), fibrous plaque (β = 0.56; p < 0.001), and calcified plaque (β = 0.63; p = 0.001) volume progression, but not fibrous-fatty (β = 0.03; p = 0.28) or low-attenuation plaque (β = 0.11; p = 0.1) progression, were independently associated with CAC progression. Plaque progression did not differ between the sexes. A significantly increased total and calcified plaque progression was observed in statin users.Conclusions
In a clinical practice setting, progression of CAC was significantly associated with an increase in both calcified and noncalcified plaque volume, except fibrous-fatty and low-attenuation plaque. Serial CAC measurements may be helpful in determining the need for intensification of preventive treatment. 相似文献3.
Kaivan Vaidya Clare Arnott Gonzalo J. Martínez Bernard Ng Samuel McCormack David R. Sullivan David S. Celermajer Sanjay Patel 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(2):305-316
Objectives
The authors sought to evaluate the plaque-modifying effects of low-dose colchicine therapy plus optimal medical therapy (OMT) in patients post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS), as assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA).Background
Colchicine therapy has been postulated to have beneficial anti-inflammatory effects in patients with ACS, translating into reduction in future adverse cardiovascular events. However, whether favorable plaque modification underpins this is yet unproven.Methods
In this prospective nonrandomized observational study of 80 patients with recent ACS (<1 month), patients received either 0.5 mg/day colchicine plus OMT or OMT alone and were followed for 1 year. Our primary outcome was change in low attenuation plaque volume (LAPV), a marker of plaque instability on coronary CTA and robust predictor of adverse cardiovascular events. Secondary outcomes were changes in other coronary CTA measures and in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP).Results
Mean duration of follow-up was 12.6 months; mean age was 57.4 years. Colchicine therapy significantly reduced LAPV (mean 15.9 mm3 [?40.9%] vs. 6.6 mm3 [?17.0%]; p = 0.008) and hsCRP (mean 1.10 mg/l [?37.3%] vs. 0.38 mg/l [?14.6%]; p < 0.001) versus controls. Reductions in total atheroma volume (mean 42.3 mm3 vs. 26.4 mm3; p = 0.28) and low-density lipoprotein levels (mean 0.44 mmol/l vs. 0.49 mmol/l; p = 0.21) were comparable in both groups. With multivariate linear regression, colchicine therapy remained significantly associated with greater reduction in LAPV (p = 0.039) and hsCRP (p = 0.004). There was also a significant linear association (p < 0.001) and strong positive correlation (r = 0.578) between change in LAPV and hsCRP.Conclusions
Our findings suggest, for the first time, that low-dose colchicine therapy favorably modifies coronary plaque, independent of high-dose statin intensification therapy and substantial low-density lipoprotein reduction. The improvements in plaque morphology are likely driven by the anti-inflammatory properties of colchicine, as demonstrated by reductions in hsCRP, rather than changes in lipoproteins. Colchicine may be beneficial as an additional secondary prevention agent in patients post-ACS if validated in future studies. 相似文献4.
Tomoyo Sugiyama Erika Yamamoto Francesco Fracassi Hang Lee Taishi Yonetsu Tsunekazu Kakuta Tsunenari Soeda Yoshihiko Saito Bryan P. Yan Osamu Kurihara Masamichi Takano Giampaolo Niccoli Filippo Crea Takumi Higuma Shigeki Kimura Yoshiyasu Minami Junya Ako Tom Adriaenssens Ik-Kyung Jang 《JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions》2019,12(6):531-540
Objectives
This study conducted detailed analysis of calcified culprit plaques in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).Background
Calcified plaques as an underlying pathology in patients with ACS have not been systematically studied.Methods
From 1,241 patients presenting with ACS who had undergone pre-intervention optical coherence tomography imaging, 157 (12.7%) patients were found to have a calcified plaque at the culprit lesion. Calcified plaque was defined as a plaque with superficial calcification at the culprit site without evidence of ruptured lipid plaque.Results
Three distinct types were identified: eruptive calcified nodules, superficial calcific sheet, and calcified protrusion (prevalence of 25.5%, 67.4%, and 7.1%, respectively). Eruptive calcified nodules were frequently located in the right coronary arteries (44.4%), whereas superficial calcific sheet was most frequently found in the left anterior descending coronary arteries (68.4%) (p = 0.012). Calcification index (mean calcification arc × calcification length) was greatest in eruptive calcified nodules, followed by superficial calcific sheet, and smallest in calcified protrusion (median 3,284.9 [interquartile range (IQR): 2,113.3 to 5,385.3] vs. 1,644.3 [IQR: 1,012.4 to 3,058.7] vs. 472.5 [IQR: 176.7 to 865.2]; p < 0.001). The superficial calcific sheet group had the highest peak post-intervention creatine kinase values among the groups (eruptive calcified nodules vs. superficial calcific sheet vs. calcified protrusion: 241 [IQR: 116 to 612] IU/l vs. 834 [IQR: 141 to 3,394] IU/l vs. 745 [IQR: 69 to 1,984] IU/l; p = 0.032).Conclusions
Three distinct types of calcified culprit plaques are identified in patients with ACS. Superficial calcific sheet, which is frequently located in the left anterior descending coronary artery, is the most prevalent type and is also associated with greatest post-intervention myocardial damage. (Identification of Predictors for Coronary Plaque Erosion in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome; NCT03479723) 相似文献5.
Amir Ahmadi Jonathon Leipsic Kristian A. Øvrehus Sara Gaur Emilia Bagiella Brian Ko Damini Dey Gina LaRocca Jesper M. Jensen Hans Erik Bøtker Stephan Achenbach Bernard De Bruyne Bjarne L. Nørgaard Jagat Narula 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(4):521-530
Objectives
The aims of the present study were: 1) to investigate the contribution of the extent of luminal stenosis and other lesion composition-related factors in predicting invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR); and 2) to explore the distribution of various combinations of morphological characteristics and the severity of stenosis among lesions demonstrating normal and abnormal FFR.Background
In patients with stable ischemic heart disease, FFR-guided revascularization, as compared with medical therapy alone, is reported to improve outcomes. Because morphological characteristics are the basis of plaque rupture and acute coronary events, a relationship between FFR and lesion characteristics may exist.Methods
This is a subanalysis of NXT (HeartFlowNXT: HeartFlow Analysis of Coronary Blood Flow Using Coronary CT Angiography), a prospective, multicenter study of 254 patients (age 64 ± 10 years, 64% male) with suspected stable ischemic heart disease; coronary computed tomography angiography including plaque morphology assessment, invasive angiography, and FFR were obtained for 383 lesions. Ischemia was defined by invasive FFR ≤0.80. Computed tomography angiography–defined morphological characteristics of plaques and their vascular location were used in univariate and multivariate analyses to examine their predictive value for invasive FFR. The distribution of various combinations of plaque morphological characteristics and the severity of stenosis among lesions demonstrating normal and abnormal FFR were examined.Results
The percentage of luminal stenosis, low-attenuation plaque (LAP) or necrotic core volume, left anterior descending coronary artery territory, and the presence of multiple lesions per vessel were the predictors of FFR. When grouped on the basis of degree of luminal stenosis, FFR-negative lesions had consistently smaller LAP volumes compared with FFR-positive lesions. The distribution of plaque characteristics in lesions with normal and abnormal FFR demonstrated that whereas FFR-negative lesions excluded likelihood of stenotic plaques with moderate to high LAP volumes, only one-third of FFR-positive lesions demonstrated obstructive plaques with moderate to high LAP volumes.Conclusions
In addition to the severity of luminal stenosis, necrotic core volume is an independent predictor of FFR. The distribution of plaque characteristics among lesions with varying luminal stenosis and normal and abnormal FFR may explain the outcomes associated with FFR-guided therapy. 相似文献6.
Leif-Christopher Engel Ulf Landmesser Kevin Gigengack Thomas Wurster Constantina Manes Georg Girke Milosz Jaguszewski Carsten Skurk David M. Leistner Alexander Lauten Andreas Schuster Bernd Hamm Rene M. Botnar Marcus R. Makowski Boris Bigalke 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2019,12(2):297-306
Objectives
This study sought to investigate the potential of the noninvasive albumin-binding probe gadofosveset-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (GE-CMR) for detection of coronary plaques that can cause acute coronary syndromes (ACS).Background
ACS are frequently caused by rupture or erosion of coronary plaques that initially do not cause hemodynamically significant stenosis and are therefore not detected by invasive x-ray coronary angiography (XCA).Methods
A total of 25 patients with ACS or symptoms of stable coronary artery disease underwent GE-CMR, clinically indicated XCA, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) within 24 h. GE-CMR was performed approximately 24 h following a 1-time application of gadofosveset-trisodium. Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) was quantified within coronary segments in comparison with blood signal.Results
A total of 207 coronary segments were analyzed on GE-CMR. Segments containing a culprit lesion in ACS patients (n = 11) showed significant higher signal enhancement (CNR) following gadofosveset-trisodium application than segments without culprit lesions (n = 196; 6.1 [3.9 to 16.5] vs. 2.1 [0.5 to 3.5]; p < 0.001). GE-CMR was able to correctly identify culprit coronary lesions in 9 of 11 segments (sensitivity 82%) and correctly excluded culprit coronary lesions in 162 of 195 segments (specificity 83%). Additionally, segmented areas of thin-cap fibroatheroma (n = 22) as seen on OCT demonstrated significantly higher CNR than segments without coronary plaque or segments containing early atherosclerotic lesions (n = 185; 9.2 [3.3 to 13.7] vs. 2.1 [0.5 to 3.4]; p = 0.001).Conclusions
In this study, we demonstrated for the first time the noninvasive detection of culprit coronary lesions and thin-cap fibroatheroma of the coronary arteries in vivo by using GE-CMR. This method may represent a novel approach for noninvasive cardiovascular risk prediction. 相似文献7.
Roel S. Driessen Wijnand J. Stuijfzand Pieter G. Raijmakers Ibrahim Danad James K. Min Jonathon A. Leipsic Amir Ahmadi Jagat Narula Peter M. van de Ven Marc C. Huisman Adriaan A. Lammertsma Albert C. van Rossum Niels van Royen Paul Knaapen 《Journal of the American College of Cardiology》2018,71(5):499-509
Background
Atherosclerotic plaque characteristics may affect downstream myocardial perfusion, as well as coronary lesion severity.Objectives
This study sought to evaluate the association between quantitative plaque burden and plaque morphology obtained using coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and quantitative myocardial perfusion obtained using [15O]H2O positron emission tomography (PET), as well as fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived invasively.Methods
Two hundred eight patients (63% men; age 58 ± 8.7 years) with suspected coronary artery disease were prospectively included. All patients underwent 256-slice coronary CTA, [15O]H2O PET, and invasive FFR measurements. Coronary CTA-derived plaque burden and morphology were assessed using commercially available software and compared with PET perfusion and FFR.Results
Atherosclerotic plaques were present in 179 patients (86%) and 415 of 610 (68%) evaluable coronary arteries. On a per-vessel basis, traditional coronary plaque burden indexes, such as plaque length and volume, minimal lumen area, and stenosis percentage, were significantly associated with impaired hyperemic myocardial blood flow (MBF) and FFR. In addition, morphological features, such as partially calcified plaques, positive remodeling (PR), and low attenuation plaque, displayed a negative impact on hyperemic MBF and FFR. Multivariable analysis revealed that the morphological feature of PR was independently related to impaired hyperemic MBF as well as an unfavorable FFR (p = 0.004 and p = 0.007, respectively), next to stenosis percentage (p = 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively) and noncalcified plaque volume (p < 0.001 and p = 0.010, respectively).Conclusions
PR and noncalcified plaque volume are associated with detrimental downstream hyperemic myocardial perfusion and FFR, independent of lesion severity. 相似文献8.
Asim Rizvi Donghee Han Ibrahim Danad Bríain Ó Hartaigh Ji Hyun Lee Heidi Gransar Wijnand J. Stuijfzand Hadi Mirhedayati Roudsari Mahn Won Park Jackie Szymonifka Hyuk-Jae Chang Erica C. Jones Paul Knaapen Fay Y. Lin James K. Min Jessica M. Peña 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(4):589-599
Objectives
The current meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of hybrid cardiac imaging techniques compared with stand-alone coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for assessment of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).Background
The usefulness of coronary CTA for detecting obstructive CAD remains suboptimal at present. Myocardial perfusion imaging encompasses positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance, which permit the identification of myocardial perfusion defects to detect significant CAD. A hybrid approach comprising myocardial perfusion imaging and coronary CTA may improve diagnostic performance for detecting obstructive CAD.Methods
PubMed and Web of Knowledge were searched for relevant publications between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2015. Studies using coronary CTA and hybrid imaging for diagnosis of obstructive CAD (a luminal diameter reduction of >50% or >70% by invasive coronary angiography) were included. In total, 12 articles comprising 951 patients and 1,973 vessels were identified, and a meta-analysis was performed to determine pooled sensitivity, specificity, and summary receiver-operating characteristic curves.Results
On a per-patient basis, the pooled sensitivity of hybrid imaging was comparable to that of coronary CTA (91% vs. 90%; p = 0.28). However, specificity was higher for hybrid imaging versus coronary CTA (93% vs. 66%; p < 0.001). On a per-vessel basis, sensitivity for hybrid imaging against coronary CTA was comparable (84% vs. 89%; p = 0.29). Notably, hybrid imaging yielded a specificity of 95% versus 83% for coronary CTA (p < 0.001). Summary receiver-operating characteristic curves displayed improved discrimination for hybrid imaging beyond coronary CTA alone, on a per-vessel basis (area under the curve: 0.97 vs. 0.93; p = 0.047), although not on a per-patient level (area under the curve: 0.97 vs. 0.93; p = 0.132).Conclusions
Hybrid cardiac imaging demonstrated improved diagnostic specificity for detection of obstructive CAD compared with stand-alone coronary CTA, yet improvement in overall diagnostic performance was relatively limited. 相似文献9.
Tessa S.S. Genders Adrian Coles Udo Hoffmann Manesh R. Patel Daniel B. Mark Kerry L. Lee Ewout W. Steyerberg M.G. Myriam Hunink Pamela S. Douglas 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(3):437-446
Objectives
This study sought to externally validate prediction models for the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).Background
A better assessment of the probability of CAD may improve the identification of patients who benefit from noninvasive testing.Methods
Stable chest pain patients from the PROMISE (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) trial with computed tomography angiography (CTA) or invasive coronary angiography (ICA) were included. The authors assumed that patients with CTA showing 0% stenosis and a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of 0 were free of obstructive CAD (≥50% stenosis) on ICA, and they multiply imputed missing ICA results based on clinical variables and CTA results. Predicted CAD probabilities were calculated using published coefficients for 3 models: basic model (age, sex, chest pain type), clinical model (basic model + diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking), and clinical + CAC score model. The authors assessed discrimination and calibration, and compared published effects with observed predictor effects.Results
In 3,468 patients (1,805 women; mean 60 years of age; 779 [23%] with obstructive CAD on CTA), the models demonstrated moderate-good discrimination, with C-statistics of 0.69 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.67 to 0.72), 0.72 (95% CI: 0.69 to 0.74), and 0.86 (95% CI: 0.85 to 0.88) for the basic, clinical, and clinical + CAC score models, respectively. Calibration was satisfactory although typical chest pain and diabetes were less predictive and CAC score was more predictive than was suggested by the models. Among the 31% of patients for whom the clinical model predicted a low (≤10%) probability of CAD, actual prevalence was 7%; among the 48% for whom the clinical + CAC score model predicted a low probability the observed prevalence was 2%. In 2 sensitivity analyses excluding imputed data, similar results were obtained using CTA as the outcome, whereas in those who underwent ICA the models significantly underestimated CAD probability.Conclusions
Existing clinical prediction models can identify patients with a low probability of obstructive CAD. Obstructive CAD on ICA was imputed for 61% of patients; hence, further validation is necessary. 相似文献10.
Ung Kim Jonathon A. Leipsic Stephanie L. Sellers Michael Shao Philipp Blanke Martin Hadamitzky Yong-Jin Kim Edoardo Conte Daniele Andreini Gianluca Pontone Matthew J. Budoff Ilan Gottlieb Byoung Kwon Lee Eun Ju Chun Filippo Cademartiri Erica Maffei Hugo Marques Sanghoon Shin Hyuk-Jae Chang 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(10):1461-1471
Objectives
This study aimed to determine the rate and extent of plaque progression (PP), changes in plaque features, and clinical predictors of PP in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).Background
The natural history of coronary PP in patients with DM is not well established.Methods
A total of 1,602 patients (age 61.3 ± 9.0 years; 60.3% men; median scan interval 3.8 years) who underwent serial coronary computed tomography angiography over a period of at least 24 months were enrolled and analyzed from the PARADIGM (Progression of Atherosclerotic Plaque Determined by Computed Tomographic Angiography Imaging) trial. Study endpoints were changes in plaque features in diabetics with PP and risk factors for PP by serial coronary computed tomography angiography between patients with and without DM. PP was defined if plaque volume at follow-up minus plaque volume at baseline was >0.Results
DM was an independent risk factor for PP (84.6%; 276 of 326 patients with PP) in multivariate analysis (odds ratio [OR]: 1.526; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.100 to 2.118; p = 0.011). Independent risk factors for PP in patients with DM were male sex (OR: 1.485; 95% CI: 1.003 to 2.199; p = 0.048) and mean plaque burden at baseline ≥75% (OR: 3.121; 95% CI: 1.701 to 5.725; p ≤0.001). After propensity matching, percent changes in overall plaque volume (30.3 ± 36.9% in patients without DM and 36.0 ± 29.7% in those with DM; p = 0.032) and necrotic core volume (?7.0 ± 35.8% in patients without DM and 21.5 ± 90.5% in those with DM; p = 0.007) were significantly greater in those with DM. The frequency of spotty calcification, positive remodeling, and burden of low-attenuation plaque were significantly greater in patients with DM.Conclusions
People with DM experience greater PP, particularly significantly greater progression in adverse plaque, than those without DM. Male sex and mean plaque burden >75% at baseline were identified as independent risk factors for PP. 相似文献11.
Simon Winther My Svensson Hanne Skou Jørgensen Laust Dupont Rasmussen Niels Ramsing Holm Lars Christian Gormsen Kirsten Bouchelouche Hans Erik Bøtker Per Ivarsen Morten Bøttcher 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(6):842-854
Objectives
This study sought to perform a prospective head-to-head comparison of the predictive value of clinical risk factors and a variety of cardiac imaging modalities including coronary artery calcium score (CACS), coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) on major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and all-cause mortality in kidney transplantation candidates.Background
Current guidelines recommend screening for coronary artery disease in kidney transplantation candidates. Furthermore, noninvasive stress imaging is recommended in current guidelines, despite its low diagnostic accuracy and uncertain prognostic value.Methods
The study prospectively evaluated 154 patients referred for kidney transplantation. All patients underwent CACS, coronary CTA, SPECT, and ICA testing. The clinical endpoints were extracted from patients’ interviews, patients’ records, and registries.Results
The mean follow-up time was 3.7 years. In total, 27 (17.5%) patients experienced MACE, and 31 (20.1%) patients died during follow-up. In a time-to-event analysis, both risk factors and CACS significantly predicted death, but only CACS predicted MACE. Combining risk factors with CACS identified a very-low-risk cohort with a MACE event rate of 2.1%, and a 1.0% mortality rate per year. Of the diagnostic modalities, coronary CTA and ICA significantly predicted MACE, but only coronary CTA predicted death. In contrast, SPECT predicted neither MACE nor death.Conclusions
Compared with traditional risk factors and other cardiac imaging modalities, CACS and coronary CTA seem superior for risk stratification in kidney transplant candidates. Applying a combination of risk factors and CACS and subsequently coronary CTA seems to be the most appropriate strategy. (Angiographic CT of Renal Transplantation Candidate Study [ACToR]; NCT01344434) 相似文献12.
Jeffrey M. Levsky Linda B. Haramati Daniel M. Spevack Mark A. Menegus Terence Chen Sarah Mizrachi Durline Brown-Manhertz Samantha Selesny Rikah Lerer Deborah J. White Jonathan N. Tobin Cynthia C. Taub Mario J. Garcia 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(9):1288-1297
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This study sought to compare early emergency department (ED) use of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and stress echocardiography (SE) head-to-head.Background
Coronary CTA has been promoted as the early ED chest pain triage imaging method of choice, whereas SE is often overlooked in this setting and involves no ionizing radiation.Methods
The authors randomized 400 consecutive low- to intermediate-risk ED acute chest pain patients without known coronary artery disease and a negative initial serum troponin level to immediate coronary CTA (n = 201) or SE (n = 199). The primary endpoint was hospitalization rate. Secondary endpoints were ED and hospital length of stay. Safety endpoints included cardiovascular events and radiation exposure.Results
Mean patient age was 55 years, with 43% women and predominantly ethnic minorities (46% Hispanics, 32% African Americans). Thirty-nine coronary CTA patients (19%) and 22 SE patients (11%) were hospitalized at presentation (difference 8%; 95% confidence interval: 1% to 15%; p = 0.026). Median ED length of stay for discharged patients was 5.4 h (interquartile range [IQR]: 4.2 to 6.4 h) for coronary CTA and 4.7 h (IQR: 3.5 to 6.0 h) for SE (p < 0.001). Median hospital length of stay was 58 h (IQR: 50 to 102 h) for coronary CTA and 34 h (IQR: 31 to 54 h) for SE (p = 0.002). There were 11 and 7 major adverse cardiovascular events for coronary CTA and SE, respectively (p = 0.47), over a median 24 months of follow-up. Median/mean complete initial work-up radiation exposure was 6.5/7.7 mSv for coronary CTA and 0/0.96 mSv for SE (p < 0.001).Conclusions
The use of SE resulted in the hospitalization of a smaller proportion of patients with a shorter length of stay than coronary CTA and was safe. SE should be considered an appropriate option for ED chest pain triage (Stress Echocardiography and Heart Computed Tomography [CT] Scan in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain; NCT01384448) 相似文献13.
Michelle C. Williams Alastair J. Moss Marc Dweck Philip D. Adamson Shirjel Alam Amanda Hunter Anoop S.V. Shah Tania Pawade Jonathan R. Weir-McCall Giles Roditi Edwin J.R. van Beek David E. Newby Edward D. Nicol 《Journal of the American College of Cardiology》2019,73(3):291-301
Background
Unlike most noninvasive imaging modalities, coronary computed tomography angiography can characterize subtypes of atherosclerotic plaque.Objectives
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic implications of adverse coronary plaque characteristics in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.Methods
In this SCOT-HEART (Scottish COmputed Tomography of the HEART Trial) post hoc analysis, the presence of adverse plaque (positive remodeling or low attenuation plaque), obstructive disease, and coronary artery calcification within 15 coronary segments was assessed on coronary computed tomography angiography of 1,769 patients who were followed-up for 5 years.Results
Among study participants (mean age 58 ± 10 years; 56% male), 608 (34%) patients had 1 or more adverse plaque features. Coronary heart disease death or nonfatal myocardial infarction was 3 times more frequent in patients with adverse plaque (n = 25 of 608 [4.1%] vs. n = 16 of 1,161 [1.4%]; p < 0.001; hazard ratio [HR]: 3.01; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.61 to 5.63; p = 0.001) and was twice as frequent in those with obstructive disease (n = 22 of 452 [4.9%] vs. n = 16 of 671 [2.4%]; p = 0.024; HR: 1.99; 95% CI: 1.05 to 3.79; p = 0.036). Patients with both obstructive disease and adverse plaque had the highest event rate, with a 10-fold increase in coronary heart disease death or nonfatal myocardial infarction compared with patients with normal coronary arteries (HR: 11.50; 95% CI: 3.39 to 39.04; p < 0.001). However, these associations were not independent of coronary artery calcium score, a surrogate measure of coronary plaque burden.Conclusions
Adverse coronary plaque characteristics and overall calcified plaque burden confer an increased risk of coronary heart disease death or nonfatal myocardial infarction. (Scottish COmputed Tomography of the HEART Trial [SCOT-HEART]; NCT01149590) 相似文献14.
Carlos Collet Bernard Chevalier Angel Cequier Jean Fajadet Marcello Dominici Steffen Helqvist Ad J. Van Boven Dariusz Dudek Dougal McClean Manuel Almeida Jan J. Piek Erhan Tenekecioglu Antonio Bartorelli Stephan Windecker Patrick W. Serruys Yoshinobu Onuma 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(5):722-732
Objectives
The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) evaluation.Background
Coronary CTA has emerged as a noninvasive method to evaluate patients with suspected or established coronary artery disease. The diagnostic accuracy of coronary CTA to evaluate angiographic outcomes after BVS implantation has not been well established.Methods
In the ABSORB II (A Bioresorbable Everolimus-Eluting Scaffold Versus a Metallic Everolimus-Eluting Stent II) study, patients were randomized either to receive treatment with the BVS or everolimus-eluting metallic stent. At the 3-year follow-up, 238 patients (258 lesions) treated with BVS underwent coronary angiography with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) evaluation and coronary CTA. The diagnostic accuracy of coronary CTA was assessed by the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve with coronary angiography and IVUS as references.Results
The mean difference in coronary CTA-derived minimal luminal diameter was ?0.14 mm (limits of agreement ?0.88 to 0.60) with quantitative coronary angiography as reference, whereas the mean difference in minimal lumen area was 0.73 mm2 (limits of agreement ?1.85 to 3.30) with IVUS as reference. The per-scaffold diagnostic accuracy of coronary CTA for detecting stenosis based on coronary angiography diameter stenosis of ≥50% revealed an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.88 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.82 to 0.92) with a sensitivity of 80% (95% CI: 28% to 99%) and a specificity of 100% (95% CI: 98% to 100%), whereas diagnostic accuracy based on IVUS minimal lumen area ≤2.5 mm2 showed an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.83 (95% CI: 0.77 to 0.88) with a sensitivity of 71% (95% CI: 44% to 90%) and a specificity of 82% (95% CI: 75% to 87%). The diagnostic accuracy of coronary CTA was similar to coronary angiography in its ability to identify patients with a significant lesion based on the IVUS criteria (p = 0.75).Conclusions
Coronary CTA has good diagnostic accuracy to detect in-scaffold luminal obstruction and to assess luminal dimensions after BVS implantation. Coronary angiography and coronary CTA yielded similar diagnostic accuracy to identify the presence and severity of obstructive disease. Coronary CTA might become the method of choice for the evaluation of patients treated with BVS. 相似文献15.
Roel S. Driessen Ibrahim Danad Wijnand J. Stuijfzand Pieter G. Raijmakers Stefan P. Schumacher Pepijn A. van Diemen Jonathon A. Leipsic Juhani Knuuti S. Richard Underwood Peter M. van de Ven Albert C. van Rossum Charles A. Taylor Paul Knaapen 《Journal of the American College of Cardiology》2019,73(2):161-173
Background
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) computation from coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) datasets (FFRCT) has emerged as a promising noninvasive test to assess hemodynamic severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), but has not yet been compared with traditional functional imaging.Objectives
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of FFRCT and compare it with coronary CTA, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and positron emission tomography (PET) for ischemia diagnosis.Methods
This subanalysis involved 208 prospectively included patients with suspected stable CAD, who underwent 256-slice coronary CTA, 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT, [15O]H2O PET, and routine 3-vessel invasive FFR measurements. FFRCT values were retrospectively derived from the coronary CTA images. Images from each modality were interpreted by core laboratories, and their diagnostic performances were compared using invasively measured FFR ≤0.80 as the reference standard.Results
In total, 505 of 612 (83%) vessels could be evaluated with FFRCT. FFRCT showed a diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of 87%, 90%, and 86% on a per-vessel basis and 78%, 96%, and 63% on a per-patient basis, respectively. Area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) for identification of ischemia-causing lesions was significantly greater for FFRCT (0.94 and 0.92) in comparison with coronary CTA (0.83 and 0.81; p < 0.01 for both) and SPECT (0.70 and 0.75; p < 0.01 for both), on a per-vessel and -patient level, respectively. FFRCT also outperformed PET on a per-vessel basis (AUC 0.87; p < 0.01), but not on a per-patient basis (AUC 0.91; p = 0.56). In the intention-to-diagnose analysis, PET showed the highest per-patient and -vessel AUC followed by FFRCT (0.86 vs. 0.83; p = 0.157; and 0.90 vs. 0.79; p = 0.005, respectively).Conclusions
In this study, FFRCT showed higher diagnostic performance than standard coronary CTA, SPECT, and PET for vessel-specific ischemia, provided coronary CTA images were evaluable by FFRCT, whereas PET had a favorable performance in per-patient and intention-to-diagnose analysis. Still, in patients in whom 3-vessel FFRCT could be analyzed, FFRCT holds clinical potential to provide anatomic and hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions. 相似文献16.
Tsuyoshi Nishiguchi Takashi Kubo Takashi Tanimoto Yasushi Ino Yoshiki Matsuo Takashi Yamano Kosei Terada Hiroki Emori Yosuke Katayama Akira Taruya Yuichi Ozaki Yasutsugu Shiono Kunihiro Shimamura Takeyoshi Kameyama Hironori Kitabata Tomoyuki Yamaguchi Atsushi Tanaka Takeshi Hozumi Takashi Akasaka 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(6):829-838
Objectives
The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of early statin therapy on fibrous-cap thickness in coronary plaques of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) by using optical coherence tomography.Background
Statins can contribute to the stabilization of coronary plaques.Methods
This is a prospective, randomized, active-controlled, single-center study. Patients with ACS and untreated dyslipidemia were enrolled and randomly allocated (ratio 1:1) to either the early statin group (received pitavastatin 4 mg/day from baseline) or the late statin group (received pitavastatin 4 mg/day from 3 weeks after the baseline). Optical coherence tomography was performed at baseline, 3-week, and 36-week follow-up to assess nonculprit coronary plaques in 53 patients.Results
Between baseline and 3-week follow-up, fibrous-cap thickness increased in the early statin group (140 μm [interquartile range (IQR):120 to 170 μm] to 160 μm [IQR: 130 to 190 μm]; p = 0.017), but decreased in the late statin group (135 μm [IQR: 110 to 183 μm] to 130 μm [IQR: 108 to 160 μm]; p = 0.020). The percentage of increase in fibrous-cap thickness between baseline and 3-week follow-up was significantly greater in the early statin group compared with the late statin group (8.3% [IQR: 0.0% to 21.4%] vs. ?5.8% [IQR: ?16.0% to 0.0%]; p < 0.001). Between baseline and 36-week follow-up, fibrous-cap thickness increased comparably in the 2 groups.Conclusions
Early therapy with pitavastatin 4 mg/day for patients with ACS provided an increase in fibrous-cap thickness in coronary plaques during the first 3 weeks of follow-up and a further increase during 36 weeks of follow-up. The study was registered with UMIN Clinical Trial Registry (Effect of PitavaStatin on Coronary Fibrous-cap Thickness–Assessment by Fourier-Domain Optical CoheRence Tomography [ESCORT]; UMIN000002678) 相似文献17.
Stefan B. Puchner Ting Liu Thomas Mayrhofer Quynh A. Truong Hang Lee Jerome L. Fleg John T. Nagurney James E. Udelson Udo Hoffmann Maros Ferencik 《Journal of the American College of Cardiology》2014
Background
It is not known whether high-risk plaque, as detected by coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA), permits improved early diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) independently to the presence of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with acute chest pain.Objectives
The primary aim of this study was to determine whether high-risk plaque features, as detected by CTA in the emergency department (ED), may improve diagnostic certainty of ACS independently and incrementally to the presence of significant CAD and clinical risk assessment in patients with acute chest pain but without objective evidence of myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction (MI).Methods
We included patients randomized to the coronary CTA arm of the ROMICAT-II (Rule Out Myocardial Infarction/Ischemia Using Computer-Assisted Tomography II) trial. Readers assessed coronary CTA qualitatively for the presence of nonobstructive CAD (1% to 49% stenosis), significant CAD (≥50% or ≥70% stenosis), and the presence of at least 1 of the high-risk plaque features (positive remodeling, low <30 Hounsfield units plaque, napkin-ring sign, spotty calcium). In logistic regression analysis, we determined the association of high-risk plaque with ACS (MI or unstable angina pectoris) during the index hospitalization and whether this was independent of significant CAD and clinical risk assessment.Results
Overall, 37 of 472 patients who underwent coronary CTA with diagnostic image quality (mean age 53.9 ± 8.0 years; 52.8% men) had ACS (7.8%; MI n = 5; unstable angina pectoris n = 32). CAD was present in 262 patients (55.5%; nonobstructive CAD in 217 patients [46.0%] and significant CAD with ≥50% stenosis in 45 patients [9.5%]). High-risk plaques were more frequent in patients with ACS and remained a significant predictor of ACS (odds ratio [OR]: 8.9; 95% CI: 1.8 to 43.3; p = 0.006) after adjustment for ≥50% stenosis (OR: 38.6; 95% CI: 14.2 to 104.7; p < 0.001) and clinical risk assessment (age, sex, number of cardiovascular risk factors). Similar results were observed after adjustment for ≥70% stenosis.Conclusions
In patients presenting to the ED with acute chest pain but negative initial electrocardiogram and troponin, presence of high-risk plaques on coronary CTA increased the likelihood of ACS independent of significant CAD and clinical risk assessment (age, sex, and number of cardiovascular risk factors). (Multicenter Study to Rule Out Myocardial Infarction by Cardiac Computed Tomography [ROMICAT-II]; NCT01084239) 相似文献18.
Peter H. Stone Akiko Maehara Ahmet Umit Coskun Charles C. Maynard Marina Zaromytidou Gerasimos Siasos Ioannis Andreou Dimitris Fotiadis Kostas Stefanou Michail Papafaklis Lampros Michalis Alexandra J. Lansky Gary S. Mintz Patrick W. Serruys Charles L. Feldman Gregg W. Stone 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2018,11(3):462-471
Objectives
This study sought to determine whether low endothelial shear stress (ESS) adds independent prognostication for future major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in coronary lesions in patients with high-risk acute coronary syndrome (ACS) from the United States and Europe.Background
Low ESS is a proinflammatory, proatherogenic stimulus associated with coronary plaque development, progression, and destabilization in human-like animal models and in humans. Previous natural history studies including baseline ESS characterization investigated low-risk patients.Methods
In the PROSPECT (Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree) study, 697 patients with ACS underwent 3-vessel intracoronary imaging. Independent predictors of MACE attributable to untreated nonculprit (nc) coronary lesions during 3.4-year follow-up were large plaque burden (PB), small minimum lumen area (MLA), and thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) morphology. In this analysis, baseline ESS of nc lesions leading to new MACE (nc-MACE lesions) and randomly selected control nc lesions without MACE (nc-non-MACE lesions) were calculated. A propensity score for ESS was constructed for each lesion, and the relationship between ESS and subsequent nc-MACE was examined.Results
A total of 145 lesions were analyzed in 97 patients: 23 nc-MACE lesions (13 TCFAs, 10 thick-cap fibroatheromas [ThCFAs]), and 122 nc-non-MACE lesions (63 TCFAs, 59 ThCFAs). Low local ESS (<1.3 Pa) was strongly associated with subsequent nc-MACE compared with physiological/high ESS (≥1.3 Pa) (23 of 101 [22.8%]) versus (0 of 44 [0%]). In propensity-adjusted Cox regression, low ESS was strongly associated with MACE (hazard ratio: 4.34; 95% confidence interval: 1.89 to 10.00; p < 0.001). Categorizing plaques by anatomic risk (high risk: ≥2 high-risk characteristics PB ≥70%, MLA ≤4 mm2, or TCFA), high anatomic risk, and low ESS were prognostically synergistic: 3-year nc-MACE rates were 52.1% versus 14.4% versus 0.0% in high-anatomic risk/low-ESS, low-anatomic risk/low-ESS, and physiological/high-ESS lesions, respectively (p < 0.0001). No lesion without low ESS led to nc-MACE during follow-up, regardless of PB, MLA, or lesion phenotype at baseline.Conclusions
Local low ESS provides incremental risk stratification of untreated coronary lesions in high-risk patients, beyond measures of PB, MLA, and morphology. 相似文献19.
Gianluca Pontone Daniele Andreini Andrea I. Guaricci Andrea Baggiano Fabio Fazzari Marco Guglielmo Giuseppe Muscogiuri Claudio Maria Berzovini Annalisa Pasquini Saima Mushtaq Edoardo Conte Giuseppe Calligaris Stefano De Martini Cristina Ferrari Stefano Galli Luca Grancini Paolo Ravagnani Giovanni Teruzzi Mauro Pepi 《JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging》2019,12(2):338-349
Objectives
The goal of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of stress computed tomography myocardial perfusion (CTP) for the detection of functionally significant coronary artery disease (CAD) by using invasive coronary angiography (ICA) plus invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) as the reference standard in consecutive intermediate- to high-risk symptomatic patients.Background
Stress CTP recently emerged as a potential strategy to combine the anatomic and functional evaluation of CAD in a single scan.Methods
A total of 100 consecutive symptomatic patients scheduled for ICA were prospectively enrolled. All patients underwent rest coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) followed by stress static CTP with a whole-heart coverage CT scanner (Revolution CT, GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Diagnostic accuracy and overall effective dose were assessed and compared versus those of ICA and invasive FFR.Results
The prevalence of obstructive CAD and functionally significant CAD were 69% and 44%, respectively. Coronary CTA alone demonstrated a per-vessel and per-patient sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, and accuracy of 98%, 76%, 99%, 63%, and 83% and of 98%, 54%, 96%, 68%, and 76%, respectively. Combining coronary CTA with stress CTP, per-vessel and per-patient sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, and accuracy were 91%, 94%, 96%, 86%, and 93% and 98%, 83%, 98%, 86%, and 91%, with a significant improvement in specificity, positive predictive value, and accuracy in both models. The mean effective dose for coronary CTA and stress CTP were 2.8 ± 1.4 mSv and 2.5 ± 1.1 mSv.Conclusions
The inclusion of stress CTP for the evaluation of patients with an intermediate to high risk for CAD is feasible and improved the diagnostic performance of coronary CTA for detecting functionally significant CAD. 相似文献20.
Ki Hong Choi Joo Myung Lee Hyun Kuk Kim Jihoon Kim Jonghanne Park Doyeon Hwang Tae-Min Rhee Taek Kyu Park Jeong Hoon Yang Young Bin Song Eun-Seok Shin Chang-Wook Nam Joon-Hyung Doh Joo-Yong Hahn Jin-Ho Choi Seung-Hyuk Choi Bon-Kwon Koo Hyeon-Cheol Gwon 《JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions》2018,11(18):1848-1858