Department of Intensive Cardiac Therapy, National Institute of Cardiology, Warszawa, Poland.
Department of Coronary and Structural Heart Diseases, National Institute of Cardiology, Warszawa, Poland.
Kardiol Pol. 2022;80(2):163-171. doi: 10.33963/KP.a2022.0015. Epub 2022 Jan 18.
ackground: The extent of myocardial ischemia is the crucial prognostic factor for interventional treatment decision making for coronary artery disease. The ability of computed tomography per-fusion (CTP) to provide the missing volumetric information and its clinical value remains unknown.
The study aimed to compare a novel ischemic volume quantification method based on dynamic computed tomography perfusion (VOL CTP) with other CT-based imaging modalities for revascularization prediction.
In this prospective study, 53 (25 females, 63.5 [8.5] years old) consecutive symptomatic patients with 50%-90% coronary artery stenosis (n ≥1) on coronary computed tomography angiography underwent computed-tomography-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) analysis and dynamic CTP. We calculated the percentage of myocardial ischemia on the CTP-derived images. A 10% cut-off was used to define functionally significant ischemia. The outcomes include coronary revas-cularization during the follow-up of 2.5 (interquartile range, 1.4-2.8) years. Physicians were blinded to the results of CTP and CT-FFR.
Of the 53 patients in the study (68 arteries with 50%-90% stenosis), 16 underwent revascularization (12 elective, 4 event-driven). In the CTP quantitative analysis, 26 patients had ischemia. Overall, 18 patients had ischemia ≥10% on volumetric ischemia quantification based on dynamic computed tomography perfusion (VOL CTP), and 28 patients had CT-FFR <0.8. VOL CTP, standard CTP, CT-FFR, and computed tomography coronary angiography (CTA) ≥70% performed well for the prediction of total revascularization. Area under the curve was 0.973 vs. 0.865, vs. 0.793, vs. 0.668, respectively. The VOL CTP with ≥10% cut-off was superior to the CT-FFR, standard CTP, and CTA ≥70% (P <0.001; P = 0.002 and P <0.001 respectively).
VOL CTP quantification is feasible and adds important, actionable information to that provided by standard CTP or CT-FFR in patients with 50%-90% coronary artery stenosis.
本研究旨在比较一种新的基于动态计算机断层灌注(VOL CTP)的缺血容积量化方法与其他 CT 成像方式在预测血运重建方面的差异。
在这项前瞻性研究中,53 例(25 名女性,63.5[8.5]岁)症状性患者连续行冠状动脉计算机断层血管造影术(CTA)检查,结果显示存在 50%-90%的冠状动脉狭窄(n≥1),并接受了计算机断层血流储备分数(CT-FFR)分析和动态 CTP。我们计算了 CTP 图像上的心肌缺血百分比。使用 10%的截断值来定义有功能意义的缺血。主要结局是在 2.5 年(四分位距 1.4-2.8)的随访期间进行冠状动脉血运重建。医生对 CTP 和 CT-FFR 的结果均不知情。
在这项研究的 53 例患者中(68 支存在 50%-90%狭窄的血管),16 例患者接受了血运重建(12 例择期,4 例紧急)。在 CTP 定量分析中,26 例患者存在缺血。总体而言,在基于动态计算机断层灌注的容积缺血定量分析中,18 例患者的缺血程度≥10%,28 例患者的 CT-FFR<0.8。对于总血运重建的预测,VOL CTP、标准 CTP、CT-FFR 和 CT 冠状动脉造影(CTA)≥70%的曲线下面积分别为 0.973、0.865、0.793 和 0.668。VOL CTP 缺血程度≥10%的预测效果优于 CT-FFR、标准 CTP 和 CTA≥70%(P<0.001;P=0.002 和 P<0.001)。
VOL CTP 定量分析是可行的,并且在存在 50%-90%冠状动脉狭窄的患者中,它比标准 CTP 或 CT-FFR 提供了更重要的、可操作的信息。