Department of (Interventional) Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Aug;102(2):191-199. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30699. Epub 2023 May 26.
Dedicated prospective studies investigating high-definition intravascular ultrasound (HD-IVUS)-guided primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are lacking. The aim of this study was to qualify and quantify culprit lesion plaque characteristics and thrombus using HD-IVUS in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
The SPECTRUM study is a prospective, single-center, observational cohort study investigating the impact of HD-IVUS-guided primary PCI in 200 STEMI patients (NCT05007535). The first 100 study patients with a de novo culprit lesion and a per-protocol mandated preintervention pullback directly after vessel wiring were subject to a predefined imaging analysis. Culprit lesion plaque characteristics and different thrombus types were assessed. An IVUS-derived thrombus score, including a 1-point adjudication for a long total thrombus length, long occlusive thrombus length, and large maximum thrombus angle, was developed to differentiate between low (0-1 points) and high (2-3 points) thrombus burden. Optimal cut-off values were obtained using receiver operating characteristic curves.
The mean age was 63.5 (±12.1) years and 69 (69.0%) patients were male. The median culprit lesion length was 33.5 (22.8-38.9) mm. Plaque rupture and convex calcium were appreciated in 48 (48.0%) and 10 (10.0%) patients, respectively. Thrombus was observed in 91 (91.0%) patients (acute thrombus 3.3%; subacute thrombus 100.0%; organized thrombus 22.0%). High IVUS-derived thrombus burden was present in 37/91 (40.7%) patients and was associated with higher rates of impaired final thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow (grade 0-2) (27.0% vs. 1.9%, p < 0.001).
HD-IVUS in patients presenting with STEMI allows detailed culprit lesion plaque characterization and thrombus grading that may guide tailored PCI.
目前缺乏专门针对高清血管内超声(HD-IVUS)指导下直接经皮冠状动脉介入治疗(PCI)的前瞻性研究。本研究旨在通过 HD-IVUS 对 ST 段抬高型心肌梗死(STEMI)患者的罪犯病变斑块特征和血栓进行定性和定量分析。
SPECTRUM 研究是一项前瞻性、单中心、观察性队列研究,共纳入 200 例新发罪犯病变且按方案要求在血管置线后直接进行预介入回撤的 STEMI 患者(NCT05007535)。前 100 例研究患者纳入了预设的影像学分析。评估罪犯病变斑块特征和不同类型的血栓。根据 IVUS 衍生的血栓评分,包括对总血栓长度较长、闭塞性血栓长度较长和最大血栓角度较大的 1 分判断,将低(0-1 分)和高(2-3 分)血栓负荷进行区分。通过受试者工作特征曲线获得最佳截断值。
患者平均年龄为 63.5(±12.1)岁,69 例(69.0%)为男性。罪犯病变长度中位数为 33.5(22.8-38.9)mm。48 例(48.0%)患者存在斑块破裂,10 例(10.0%)患者存在凸面钙。91 例(91.0%)患者存在血栓(急性血栓 3.3%;亚急性血栓 100.0%;机化血栓 22.0%)。37/91 例(40.7%)患者存在高 IVUS 衍生的血栓负荷,与最终心肌梗死血流分级(0-2 级)受损率较高相关(27.0%比 1.9%,p<0.001)。
STEMI 患者行 HD-IVUS 检查可对罪犯病变斑块进行详细特征分析和血栓分级,从而指导个体化 PCI。