Donà Carolina, Pavo Noemi, Vinzens Adriana, Gebert Pimrapat, Beitzke Dietrich, Reider Lukas, Mikail Nidaa, Rossi Alexia, Mascherbauer Katharina, Bengs Susan, Haider Achi, Buechel Ronny R, Bartko Philipp E, Loewe Christian, Mascherbauer Julia, Hengstenberg Christian, Goliasch Georg, Winter Max Paul, Gebhard Catherine
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Eur Heart J Imaging Methods Pract. 2025 Apr 18;3(1):qyaf047. doi: 10.1093/ehjimp/qyaf047. eCollection 2025 Jan.
AIMS: Perivascular adipose tissue attenuation (PVAT) has emerged as a novel coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-based biomarker predicting cardiovascular events by capturing inflammation around the coronary arteries. We assessed whether PVAT adds incremental prognostic value in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 510 patients underwent CCTA imaging prior to TAVI between November 2015 and June 2020 at the Medical University of Vienna. PVAT was obtained from CCTA images and was measured around the right coronary artery [PVAT(RCA)] and the aortic valve [PVAT(valve)]. Following application of exclusion criteria, 372 patients [mean age 80.6 ± 6.8 years; 169 (45%) women] were analysed. Over a median follow-up of 3.0 (IQR 2.5-3.6) years, 52 (14%) individuals experienced a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE, a composite of non-fatal stroke or myocardial infarction, cardiac death, or vascular intervention). Individuals exhibiting elevated PVAT[valve] displayed a heightened surgical risk according to European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II, a lower body mass index, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, prolonged hospitalization following TAVI, and elevated levels of circulating inflammatory markers compared with those in the low PVAT[valve] group ( < 0.05). However, neither PVAT[valve] nor PVAT[RCA] were independently associated with the occurrence of MACE in adjusted multi-variable analyses (PVAT[valve]: sub-distribution hazard ratio [SHR] 1.14, 95% CI:0.63-2.05, = 0.672); PVAT[RCA]: SHR 1.16 [95% CI: 0.81-1.66], = 0.417). CONCLUSION: Measuring PVAT around either the right coronary artery or the aortic valve does not provide additional prognostic value beyond established risk factors for the prediction of MACE in patients undergoing TAVI.
Eur Heart J Imaging Methods Pract. 2025-4-18
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