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Lee SN, Lin A, Dey D, Berman DS, Han D. Application of Quantitative Assessment of Coronary Atherosclerosis by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography. Korean J Radiol 2024; 25:518-539. [PMID: 38807334 PMCID: PMC11136945 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2023.1311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has emerged as a pivotal tool for diagnosing and risk-stratifying patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Recent advancements in image analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have enabled the comprehensive quantitative analysis of coronary atherosclerosis. Fully quantitative assessments of coronary stenosis and lumen attenuation have improved the accuracy of assessing stenosis severity and predicting hemodynamically significant lesions. In addition to stenosis evaluation, quantitative plaque analysis plays a crucial role in predicting and monitoring CAD progression. Studies have demonstrated that the quantitative assessment of plaque subtypes based on CT attenuation provides a nuanced understanding of plaque characteristics and their association with cardiovascular events. Quantitative analysis of serial CCTA scans offers a unique perspective on the impact of medical therapies on plaque modification. However, challenges such as time-intensive analyses and variability in software platforms still need to be addressed for broader clinical implementation. The paradigm of CCTA has shifted towards comprehensive quantitative plaque analysis facilitated by technological advancements. As these methods continue to evolve, their integration into routine clinical practice has the potential to enhance risk assessment and guide individualized patient management. This article reviews the evolving landscape of quantitative plaque analysis in CCTA and explores its applications and limitations.
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- Su Nam Lee
- Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University and MonashHeart, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Bakker LMML, Xiao N, Lynch S, van de Ven AAF, UpdePac A, Schaap M, Buls N, de Mey J, van de Vosse FN, Taylor CA. Preclinical validation of the advection diffusion flow estimation method using computational patient specific coronary tree phantoms. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2023; 39:e3746. [PMID: 37459894 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) does not allow the quantification of reduced blood flow due to coronary artery disease (CAD). In response, numerical methods based on the CCTA image have been developed to compute coronary blood flow and assess the impact of disease. However to compute blood flow in the coronary arteries, numerical methods require specification of boundary conditions that are difficult to estimate accurately in a patient-specific manner. We describe herein a new noninvasive flow estimation method, called Advection Diffusion Flow Estimation (ADFE), to compute coronary artery flow from CCTA to use as boundary conditions for numerical models of coronary blood flow. ADFE uses image contrast variation along the tree-like structure to estimate flow in each vessel. For validating this method we used patient specific software phantoms on which the transport of contrast was simulated. This controlled validation setting enables a direct comparison between estimated flow and actual flow and a detailed investigation of factors affecting accuracy. A total of 10 CCTA image data sets were processed to extract all necessary information for simulating contrast transport. A spectral element method solver was used for computing the ground truth simulations with high accuracy. On this data set, the ADFE method showed a high correlation coefficient of 0.998 between estimated flow and the ground truth flow together with an average relative error of only 1 % . Comparing the ADFE method with the best method currently available (TAFE) for image-based blood flow estimation, which showed a correlation coefficient of 0.752 and average error of 20 % , it can be concluded that the ADFE method has the potential to significantly improve the quantification of coronary artery blood flow derived from contrast gradients in CCTA images.
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- L M M L Bakker
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- HeartFlow, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
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Eslami P, Seo JH, Rahsepar AA, Shafique A, Rollison SF, Lardo AC, Mittal R, Chen MY. A Noninvasive Assessment of Flow Based on Contrast Dispersion in Computed Tomography Angiography: A Computational and Experimental Phantom Study. J Biomech Eng 2022; 144:091009. [PMID: 35237785 PMCID: PMC8990739 DOI: 10.1115/1.4053997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG), defined as the gradient of the contrast agent attenuation drop along the vessel, is an imaging biomarker that indicates stenosis in the coronary arteries. The transluminal attenuation flow encoding (TAFE) equation is a theoretical platform that quantifies blood flow in each coronary artery based on computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging. This formulation couples TAG (i.e., contrast dispersion along the vessel) with fluid dynamics. However, this theoretical concept has never been validated experimentally. The aim of this proof-of-principle phantom study is to validate TAFE based on CTA imaging. Dynamic CTA images were acquired every 0.5 s. The average TAFE estimated flow rates were compared against four predefined pump values in a straight (20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 ml/min) and a tapered phantom (25, 35, 45, and 55 ml/min). Using the TAFE formulation with no correction, the flow rates were underestimated by 33% and 81% in the straight and tapered phantoms, respectively. The TAFE formulation was corrected for imaging artifacts focusing on partial volume averaging and radial variation of contrast enhancement. After corrections, the flow rates estimated in the straight and tapered phantoms had an excellent Pearson correlation of r = 0.99 and 0.87 (p < 0.001), respectively, with only a 0.6%±0.2 mL/min difference in estimation of the flow rate. In this proof-of-concept phantom study, we corrected the TAFE formulation and showed a good agreement with the actual pump values. Future clinical validations are needed for feasibility of TAFE in clinical use.
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- Parastou Eslami
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ 08084
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 2089
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 2089
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Henriksson L, Woisetschläger M, Alfredsson J, Janzon M, Ebbers T, Engvall J, Persson A. The transluminal attenuation gradient does not add diagnostic accuracy to coronary computed tomography. Acta Radiol 2021; 62:867-874. [PMID: 32722968 DOI: 10.1177/0284185120943042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND A method for improving the accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is highly sought after as it would help to avoid unnecessary invasive coronary angiographies. Measurement of the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) has been proposed as an alternative to other existing methods, i.e. CT perfusion and CT fractional flow reserve (FFR). PURPOSE To evaluate the incremental value of three types of TAG in high-pitch spiral CCTA with invasive FFR measurements as reference. MATERIAL AND METHODS TAG was measured using two semi-automatic methods and one manual method. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was made to determine the usefulness of TAG alone as well as TAG combined with CCTA for detection of significant coronary artery stenoses defined by an invasive FFR value ≤0.80. RESULTS A total of 51 coronary vessels in 37 patients were included in this retrospective study. Hemodynamically significant stenoses were found in 13 vessels according to FFR. The ROC analysis TAG alone resulted in areas under the curve (AUCs) of 0.530 and 0.520 for the semi-automatic TAG and 0.557 for the manual TAG. TAG and CCTA combined resulted in AUCs of 0.567, 0.562 for semi-automatic TAG, and 0.569 for the manual TAG. CONCLUSION The results from our study showed no incremental value of TAG measured in single heartbeat CCTA in determining the severity of coronary artery stenosis degrees.
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- Lilian Henriksson
- Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Department of Radiology, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences and, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences and, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Clinical application of computed tomography angiography and fractional flow reserve computed tomography in patients with coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis based on pre- and post-test probability. Eur J Radiol 2021; 139:109712. [PMID: 33865062 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the diagnostic role of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and fractional flow reserve computed tomography (FFRCT) in confirming or excluding ischemic coronary artery disease (CAD) and to provide a rational use of CCTA and FFRCT in different pre-test probability (PTP) of CAD. METHODS We searched the electronic databases from the earliest relevant literature to July 2020 comparing FFRCT or CCTA with FFR. The bivariate random-effects models and Bayes' theorem were used to investigate the diagnostic performance of CCTA and FFRCT with the sensitivity, specificity, pre- and post-test probability. RESULTS Fifty-three articles with 4817 patients and 7026 vessels finally met our inclusion criteria. At the patient level, the sensitivity and specificity of CCTA were (0.94, 0.89-0.97), and (0.50, 0.43-0.58), respectively. For FFRCT, the sensitivity and specificity were (0.90, 0.87-0.93) and (0.81, 0.73-0.87). CCTA or FFRCT could increase the post-test probability to >85 % in patients with a PTP > 74.9 % or 54.5 %; CCTA or FFRCT could decrease the post-test probability to <15 % in patients with a pre-test probability <61.3 % or 59.3 %. CONCLUSIONS In patients with low to intermediate PTP, CCTA is suggested to exclude CAD, while the time-consuming calculation of FFRCT may be unnecessary. If CCTA detects significant or uncertain stenosis with intermediate to high PTP of CAD, further FFRCT is suggested. The advantages of FFRCT for guiding CAD treatment have sufficiently been demonstrated.
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Benetos G, Benz DC, Rampidis GP, Giannopoulos AA, von Felten E, Bakula A, Sustar A, Fuchs TA, Pazhenkottil AP, Gebhard C, Kaufmann PA, Gräni C, Buechel RR. Coronary artery lumen volume index as a marker of flow-limiting atherosclerosis-validation against 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography. Eur Radiol 2021; 31:5116-5126. [PMID: 33454800 PMCID: PMC8213544 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07586-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Coronary artery volume indexed to left myocardial mass (CAVi), derived from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), has been proposed as an indicator of diffuse atherosclerosis. We investigated the association of CAVi with quantitative flow parameters and its ability to predict ischemia as derived from 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET-MPI). METHODS Sixty patients who underwent hybrid CCTA/PET-MPI due to suspected CAD were retrospectively included. CAVi was defined as total coronary artery lumen volume over myocardial mass, both derived from CCTA. From PET-MPI, quantitative stress and rest myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) were obtained and correlated with CAVi, and semi-quantitative perfusion images were analyzed for the presence of ischemia. Harrell's c-statistic and net reclassification improvement (NRI) analysis were performed to evaluate the incremental value of CAVi over the CCTA model (i.e., stenosis > 50% and > 70%). RESULTS CAVi correlated moderately with stress MBF and MFR (R = 0.50, p < 0.001, and R = 0.39, p = 0.002). Mean stress MBF and MFR were lower in patients with low (i.e., ≤ 20.2 mm3/g, n = 24) versus high (i.e., > 20.2 mm3/g, n = 36) CAVi (p < 0.001 for both comparisons). CAVi was independently associated with abnormal stress MBF (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.82-0.998, p = 0.045). CAVi increased the predictive ability of the CCTA model for abnormal stress MBF and ischemia (c-statistic 0.763 versus 0.596, pdiff < 0.05 and 0.770 versus 0.645, pdiff < 0.05, NRI 0.84, p = 0.001 and 0.96, p < 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS CAVi exhibits incremental value to predict both abnormal stress MBF and ischemia over CCTA alone. KEY POINTS • Coronary artery volume indexed to left myocardial mass (CAVi), derived from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), is correlated with myocardial blood flow indices derived from 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging. • CAVi is independently associated with abnormal stress myocardial blood flow. • CAVi provides incremental diagnostic value over CCTA for both abnormal stress MBF and ischemia.
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- Georgios Benetos
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and University Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Added Value of Transluminal Attenuation Gradient to Qualitative CCTA Ischemia Detection as Determined by 13N-ammonia PET Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10090628. [PMID: 32846991 PMCID: PMC7555852 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10090628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) represents the slope of intraluminal contrast that decreases along a coronary vessel during coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). The aim of this study was to determine the added value of TAG to qualitative CCTA assessment of significant stenosis (>50%) detecting ischemia as determined by stress myocardial blood flow (MBF) or myocardial flow reserve (MFR) measured by positron emission tomography (PET). Individual contributions of TAG, qualitative assessment and the impact of calcium score were also investigated. Methods: We studied 38 consecutive patients that were referred due to suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD). All patients underwent a two-phase hybrid 13N-ammonia PET/CT and CCTA. Results: TAG and presence of qualitatively assessed significant stenosis, but not calcium score, were associated with stress myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial flow reserve (MFR). The area under the curves (AUC) of the linear predictor model including qualitative assessment and TAG was superior to the AUC of separate qualitative assessment or TAG for the detection of ischemia according to stress MBF (AUCs were: 88% vs. 79% and 77%; p = 0.01 and p = 0.01, respectively). Conclusions: TAG combined with qualitative CCTA assessment improved ischemia detection.
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Tian XW, Ma AL, Zhou RB, Jiang LJ, Hao Y, Zou XG. Advances in Cardiac Computed Tomography Functional Imaging Technology. Cardiology 2020; 145:615-622. [PMID: 32829331 DOI: 10.1159/000505317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among patients in China, and cardiac computed tomography (CT) is one of the most commonly used examination methods for CVD. Coronary artery CT angiography can be used for the morphologic evaluation of the coronary artery. At present, cardiac CT functional imaging has become an important direction of development of CT. At present, common CT functional imaging technologies include transluminal attenuation gradient, stress dynamic CT myocardial perfusion imaging, and CT-fractional flow reserve. These three imaging modes are introduced and analyzed in this review.
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- Xu-Wei Tian
- Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, The First People's Hospital Kashgar Region, Kashgar, China
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, The First People's Hospital Kashgar Region, Kashgar, China
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, The First People's Hospital Kashgar Region, Kashgar, China
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, The First People's Hospital Kashgar Region, Kashgar, China
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, The First People's Hospital Kashgar Region, Kashgar, China
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, The First People's Hospital Kashgar Region, Kashgar, China,
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Does vessel length impact transluminal attenuation gradient in 320-slice coronary CT angiography? Correlation with invasive angiography. Eur Radiol 2019; 29:6837-6845. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06311-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kashiwagi M, Kitabata H, Tanaka A, Arita Y, Taruya A, Shimamoto Y, Yamamoto Y, Mori K, Nishiguchi T, Terada K, Ota S, Tanimoto T, Kubo T, Akasaka T. Combination of Lesion Stenosis and Myocardial Supply Area Assessed by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for Prediction of Myocardial Ischemia. Int Heart J 2019; 60:1238-1244. [PMID: 31735779 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.19-141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Recent clinical studies revealed that anatomical information assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) may be used effectively to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD). However, a physiological assessment, demonstrating myocardial ischemia, is required to justify a therapeutic strategy for CAD. This study aimed to investigate whether using CTA to assess myocardial supply area can improve the prediction of myocardial ischemia.We analyzed 201 vessels with moderate (luminal narrowing ≥ 50%, < 70%) and severe (luminal narrowing ≥ 70%, < 99%) stenosis on CTA from 174 patients, who were suspected of having stable angina and underwent measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR). The myocardial area supplied by the coronary artery, distal to the stenosis, was evaluated with CTA, as reported previously (modified Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart score) and was classified into 3 groups (large, medium, and small).Both percentage area stenosis and myocardial supply area were significantly correlated with FFR (r = -0.46, P < 0.01, and r = -0.45, P < 0.01). Among patients who had coronary plaques, with moderate stenosis and a small myocardial supply area, only 3 of 42 lesions (7%) were identified as ischemic; deviation from the ischemic threshold (FFR = 0.80) was P < 0.01. The combined assessment of lesion stenosis and myocardial supply area, using CTA, improved the prediction of myocardial ischemia significantly compared to lesion stenosis alone (77% versus 59%, P < 0.01).Adding the assessment of myocardial supply area to standard CTA might help predict myocardial ischemia in patients with stable angina pectoris.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University
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- Department of Cardiology, Shingu Municipal Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Shingu Municipal Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Shingu Municipal Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Shingu Municipal Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Shingu Municipal Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University
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Celeng C, Leiner T, Maurovich-Horvat P, Merkely B, de Jong P, Dankbaar JW, van Es HW, Ghoshhajra BB, Hoffmann U, Takx RA. Anatomical and Functional Computed Tomography for Diagnosing Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Artery Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2019; 12:1316-1325. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Diagnostic Value of Transluminal Attenuation Gradient for the Presence of Ischemia as Defined by Fractional Flow Reserve and Quantitative Positron Emission Tomography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2019; 12:323-333. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Additional diagnostic value of new CT imaging techniques for the functional assessment of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis. Eur Radiol 2019; 29:3044-3061. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5919-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Min JK, Jaffer FA. A New Decade of Old Questions: Steps Toward Demonstrating the Efficacy of Physiologic CAD Evaluation by CT. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 12:1326-1329. [PMID: 30219399 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- James K Min
- Department of Radiology and Medicine, Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging, Weill Cornell Medical College and the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Fujimoto S, Giannopoulos AA, Kumamaru KK, Matsumori R, Tang A, Kato E, Kawaguchi Y, Takamura K, Miyauchi K, Daida H, Rybicki FJ, Mitsouras D. The transluminal attenuation gradient in coronary CT angiography for the detection of hemodynamically significant disease: can all arteries be treated equally? Br J Radiol 2018; 91:20180043. [PMID: 29589976 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20180043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Results of the use of the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) at coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to predict hemodynamically significant disease vary widely. This study tested whether diagnostic performance of TAG to predict fractional flow reserve (FFR) ≤ 0.8 is improved when applied separately to subsets of coronary arteries that carry similar physiological flow. METHODS 28 patients with 64 × 0.5 mm CCTA and invasive FFR in ≥1 major coronary artery were retrospectively evaluated. Two readers assessed TAG in each artery. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve (AUC) was used to assess the diagnostic performance of TAG to detect hemodynamically significant disease following a clinical use rule [negative: FFR > 0.8 or ≤ 25% diameter stenosis (DS) at invasive catheter angiography; positive: FFR ≤ 0.8 or ≥ 90% DS at invasive catheter angiography]. ROC AUC was compared for all arteries pooled together, vs separately for arteries carrying similar physiological flow (Group 1: all left anterior descending plus right-dominant left circumflex; Group 2: right-dominant RCA plus left/co-dominant left circumflex). RESULTS Of the 84 arteries, 30 had FFR measurements, 30 had ≤25% DS and 13 had ≥90% DS. 11 arteries with 26-89% DS and no FFR measurement were excluded. TAG interobserver reproducibility was excellent (Pearson r = 0.954, Bland-Altman bias: 0.224 Hounsfield unit cm-1). ROC AUC to detect hemodynamically significant disease was higher when considering arteries separately (Group 1 AUC = 0.841, p = 0.039; Group 2 AUC = 0.840, p = 0.188), than when pooling all arteries together (AUC = 0.661). CONCLUSION Incorporating information on the physiology of coronary flow via the particular vessel interrogated and coronary dominance may improve the accuracy of TAG, a simple measurement that can be quickly performed at the time of CCTA interpretation to detect hemodynamically significant stenosis in individual coronary arteries. Advances in knowledge: The interpretation of TAG may benefit by incorporating information regarding which coronary artery is being interrogated.
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- Shinichiro Fujimoto
- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.,3 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.,4 Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- 5 The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa, ON , Canada.,6 Department of Radiology, The University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON , Canada
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.,5 The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa, ON , Canada.,7 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON , Canada
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Non-invasive coronary physiology based on computational analysis of intracoronary transluminal attenuation gradient. Sci Rep 2018; 8:4692. [PMID: 29549347 PMCID: PMC5856794 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23134-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Invasive procedure is a prerequisite for studying coronary physiology. We established the measurement of non-invasive physiological parameters including coronary blood flow (CBF), flow velocity, and microvascular resistance using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). Vessel-specific CBF was derived from transluminal attenuation flow encoding (TAFE) and then tested using three separate datasets consisted of computational simulation, human perfusion CT, and human CCTA. TAFE-derived CBF correlated well with measured vessel-specific myocardial blood flow and CBF. TAFE-derived CBF per myocardial mass consistently decreased with the progressive severity of stenosis, and it was found to better to detect significant stenosis than transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG). With the addition of vessel anatomy, TAFE-derived CBF could calculate flow velocity and microvascular resistance. The results of non-invasively acquired parameters according to the severity of stenosis were similar to those obtained through invasive physiology studies. Our study demonstrated that non-invasive comprehensive coronary physiology parameters can be derived from CCTA without any pre-specified condition or performing complex heavy computational processes. Our findings are expected to expand the clinical coverage of CCTA and coronary physiology.
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Wen D, Li J, Zhao H, Li J, Zheng M. Diagnostic performance of two corrected transluminal attenuation gradient metrics in coronary CT angiography for the evaluation of significant in-stent restenosis by dual-source CT: a validation study with invasive coronary angiography. Clin Radiol 2018; 73:592.e1-592.e8. [PMID: 29454588 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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AIM To determine the diagnostic potential of transluminal attenuation gradients (TAG) with exclusion of stented coronary segments (TAG-ExS) and TAG-corrected contrast opacification (CCO) excluding stented coronary segments (TAG-CCO-ExS) for the assessment of in-stent restenosis (ISR). MATERIALS AND METHODS TAG-ExS and TAG-CCO-ExS were calculated in 93 coronary arteries with 190 stents. The diagnostic performances and the incremental values of the two metrics to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) were analysed and compared. RESULTS For all stents and stents >3 mm in diameter, TAG-ExS and TAG-CCO-ExS were significantly lower in ≥50% than that in <50% of ISR (both p<0.05). For stent diameters ≤3 mm, significantly lower TAG-CCO-ExS (p=0.000), but not TAG-ExS (p=0.059), was found in ≥50% than in <50% of ISR. Addition of TAG-ExS or TAG-CCO-ExS to CCTA, did not improve the diagnostic accuracy of CCTA significantly (all p>0.05). Only TAG-CCO-ExS had a significant impact on CCTA for the reclassifications of ISR (p=0.046) in stent diameters ≤3 mm. CONCLUSIONS TAG-ExS and TAG-CCO-ExS did not provide incremental diagnostic value over CCTA in assessing ISR. TAG-CCO-ExS slightly enhanced the reclassifications of ISR for stents ≤3 mm in diameter.
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- D Wen
- Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127# West Changle Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127# West Changle Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127# West Changle Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127# West Changle Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127# West Changle Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi province, China.
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Benz DC, Mikulicic F, Gräni C, Grossmann M, Giannopoulos AA, Messerli M, Gebhard C, Gaemperli O, Buechel RR, Kaufmann PA, Pazhenkottil AP. Diagnostic accuracy of coronary opacification derived from coronary computed tomography angiography to detect ischemia: first validation versus single-photon emission computed tomography. EJNMMI Res 2017; 7:92. [PMID: 29178006 PMCID: PMC5701907 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-017-0342-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Estimation of functional relevance of a coronary stenosis by fractional flow reserve (FFR) from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has recently provided encouraging results. Due to its limited availability, the corrected contrast opacification (CCO) decrease and the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) were suggested as less complex alternatives. The aim of the present study was to assess the accuracy of CCO decrease and TAG to predict ischemia as assessed by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). Results This retrospective study included 72 patients who underwent hybrid CCTA/SPECT MPI with at least one coronary artery stenosis. Of 127 vessels with a coronary stenosis in CCTA, 38 (30%) were causing ischemia in its subtending myocardium. The area under the curve (AUC) for CCO decrease to predict ischemia was 0.707 with sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, and accuracy of 74, 64, 85, 47, and 67%, respectively. For TAG, the AUC was 0.469. Conclusions CCTA-derived CCO decrease but not TAG predicts ischemia in SPECT MPI. The negative predictive value of CCO decrease of 85% may confer clinical implications in the diagnostic work-up of patients with a coronary stenosis.
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- Dominik C Benz
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Clinical significance of transluminal attenuation gradient in 320-row area detector coronary CT angiography. Heart Vessels 2017; 33:462-469. [PMID: 29134268 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-017-1081-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The clinical significance of the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) has not been established. We evaluated the incremental diagnostic value of TAG by 320-row area detector computed tomography (320-ADCT). Subjects were 65 patients who underwent one-rotation scanning by 320-ADCT and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) within 3 months. TAG values were obtained for the major epicardial vessels 2 mm or more each in RCA, LAD and LCX using automatic analysis software. Moreover, TAG values that excluded calcified lesions in calculation of the regression line were also evaluated (excluded-TAG). In LAD, 21 intermediate lesions underwent functional flow reserve (FFR), and the incremental diagnostic value for functional stenosis was evaluated. The TAG values in the normal vessels were - 8.3 ± 5.0 (HU/cm) for the RCA (n = 32), - 23.3 ± 4.3 for the LAD (n = 9) and - 20.6 ± 10.0 for the LCX (n = 32). The RCA value was significantly higher (p < 0.001). The TAG values with stenosis degrees of ≤ 25%, 26-75%, ≥ 76% on ICA were - 8.3 ± 5.0 (n = 32) vs - 10.3 ± 7.2 (n = 25) vs - 10.0 ± 5.4 (n = 4) in the RCA, - 23.3 ± 4.3 (n = 9) vs - 21.0 ± 11.5 (n = 35) vs - 23.5 ± 15.3 (n = 10) in the LAD and - 21.1 ± 15.1 (n = 32) vs - 21.1 ± 15.1 (n = 16) vs - 17.7 ± 15.7 (n = 6) in the LCX, with no significant difference among the three groups. The excluded-TAG values also showed no significant difference. The area under the curve in the diagnosis of FFR < 0.8 in 21 LAD cases was 0.542 for CT only, 0.694 for CT + TAG, and 0.694 for CT + excluded-TAG. In single time-phase scanning by 320-ADCT, TAG does not offer an incremental diagnostic value.
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Improved diagnostic performance of transluminal attenuation gradient in combination with morphological evaluation of coronary artery stenosis using 320-row computed tomography. Jpn J Radiol 2017; 36:51-58. [PMID: 29110130 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-017-0699-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the utility of transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) in combination with coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for detecting obstructive coronary artery stenosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated coronary CTA data in 35 consecutive patients who underwent invasive coronary angiography (ICA). We compared the diagnostic performance of TAG with that of quantitative coronary angiography, which we used as the reference standard. For the combination of TAG and coronary CTA, we designed a logical conjunction model (CCTA&&TAG) as well as a logical disjunction model (CCTA||TAG), and evaluated their diagnostic accuracies. RESULTS Among 130 vessels of 35 patients, 30 lesions (23%) showed significant stenosis on ICA. TAG predicted significant coronary artery stenosis with a sensitivity of 75%, specificity of 63%, positive predictive value of 40%, negative predictive value of 89%, and accuracy of 66%, and had a cutoff value of - 15.4 HU/10 mm. The respective values for CCTA&&TAG were 73, 98, 88, 90, and 90%; those for CCTA||TAG were 94, 61, 56, 94, and 72%. CCTA&&TAG improved the diagnostic accuracy significantly more than CCTA||TAG. CONCLUSION TAG in conjunction with coronary CTA improves the diagnostic accuracy of coronary CTA.
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Grande Gutierrez N, Shirinsky O, Gagarina N, Lyskina G, Fukazawa R, Ogawa S, Burns JC, Marsden AL, Kahn AM. Assessment of Coronary Artery Aneurysms Caused by Kawasaki Disease Using Transluminal Attenuation Gradient Analysis of Computerized Tomography Angiograms. Am J Cardiol 2017; 120:556-562. [PMID: 28666576 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Patients with coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) resulting from Kawasaki disease (KD) are at risk for thrombosis and myocardial infarction. Current guidelines recommend CAA diameter ≥8 mm as the criterion for initiating systemic anticoagulation. Transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) analysis has been proposed as a noninvasive method for evaluating functional significance of coronary stenoses using computerized tomography angiography (CTA), but has not previously been used in CAA. We hypothesized that abnormal hemodynamics in CAA caused by KD could be quantified using TAG analysis. We studied 23 patients with a history of KD who had undergone clinically indicated CTA. We quantified TAG in the major coronary arteries and aneurysm geometry was characterized using maximum diameter, aneurysm shape index, and sphericity index. A total of 55 coronary arteries were analyzed, 25 of which had at least 1 aneurysmal region. TAG in aneurysmal arteries was significantly lower than in normal arteries (-23.5 ± 10.7 vs -10.5 ± 9.0, p = 0.00002). Aneurysm diameter, aneurysm shape index, and sphericity index were weakly correlated with TAG (r2 = 0.01, p = 0.6; r2 = 0.15, p = 0.06; r2 = 0.16, p = 0.04). This is the first application of TAG analysis to CAA caused by KD, and demonstrates significantly different TAG values in aneurysmal versus normal arteries. Lack of correlation between TAG and CAA geometry suggests that TAG may provide hemodynamic information not available from anatomy alone. TAG represents a possible extension to standard CTA for KD patients who may improve thrombotic risk stratification and aid in clinical decision making.
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Benz DC, Mikulicic F, Gräni C, Moret D, Possner M, Clerc OF, Studer Bruengger AA, Gaemperli O, Buechel RR, Pazhenkottil AP, Kaufmann PA. Long-term outcome prediction by functional parameters derived from coronary computed tomography angiography. Int J Cardiol 2017; 243:533-537. [PMID: 28592383 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Estimation of hemodynamic relevance of a coronary stenosis from coronary computed angiography (CCTA) has raised substantial interest. Recently, the corrected coronary opacification (CCO) decrease and the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) have been suggested as faster alternatives to the FFRCT. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether the diagnostic accuracy of CCO decrease and TAG translates into an added prognostic value in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS This retrospective study consists of 162 consecutive patients referred for evaluation of known or suspected CAD by CCTA. CCO decrease was defined as difference of mean luminal coronary attenuation normalized to aorta attenuation proximal-distal of a stenosis. To calculate TAG, mean attenuation was measured at 5-mm intervals from the ostium to a distal segment with a minimal cross-sectional area of 2.0mm2. Death, myocardial infarction, unstable angina requiring hospitalization, and coronary revascularization were defined as major adverse cardiac events (MACE). Multivariate analysis included covariates age, sex, ≥3 cardiovascular risk factors and stenosis severity. RESULTS Follow-up was completed in 154 patients, CAD was found in 72. During median follow-up of 6.1years (interquartile range, 5.8-6.9years), 55 patients experienced a MACE. Among CAD patients, the presence of an abnormal CCO decrease (p<0.05) but not TAG (p=0.894) was associated with a worse MACE-free survival. In multivariate analysis, CCO decrease was an independent predictor of MACE (HR, 2.27; 95% CI, 1.14-4.52; p=0.02) while TAG was not predictive (p=0.895). CONCLUSION In CAD patients, CCO decrease adds long-term prognostic value over clinical characteristics and stenosis severity while TAG does not.
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- Dominik C Benz
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Detection of Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Artery Stenosis With CT Enhancement Ratio: A Validation Study in a Porcine Model. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2017; 209:103-109. [PMID: 28504545 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.16.16698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although numerous techniques that are based on CT number analysis have been proposed, the assessment of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis remains a great challenge. The purpose of this study is to validate use of the CT enhancement ratio in the detection of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis in a porcine model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Experiments involving eight closed-chest swine were performed. A balloon catheter was placed into the left anterior descending coronary artery to simulate different degrees of luminal stenosis. The myocardial blood flow (MBF) ratio was measured using the colored microsphere technique. The fractional flow reserve was measured using an invasive pressure wire. CT scans were performed during the first-pass phase, while the pigs were undergoing adenosine stress tests. The CT enhancement ratio and the CT attenuation ratio were calculated using data from the CT images obtained. RESULTS Results suggested that the CT enhancement ratio had a strong correlation (y = 0.07245 + 0.09963x; r2 = 0.898; p < 0.001) with the MBF ratio measured using the microsphere technique, whereas only moderate correlation (y = -1.5508 + 2.2684x; r2 = 0.498; p < 0.001) was noted between the CT attenuation ratio and the MBF ratio measured using the microsphere technique. In ROC curve analysis, the AUC values of the CT enhancement ratio and the CT attenuation ratio were 0.927 and 0.829, respectively, with regard to the detection of significant ischemia during adenosine stress tests, as defined by the fractional flow reserve. CONCLUSION The CT enhancement ratio provides a reliable prediction of the MBF ratio measured using the microsphere technique, indicating that this metric has good diagnostic performance in the detection of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis. The CT enhancement ratio may have potential for use as an imaging biomarker for the relative quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion.
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Kim HJ, Kim SM, Choi JH, Choe YH. Influence of scan technique on intracoronary transluminal attenuation gradient in coronary CT angiography using 128-slice dual source CT: multi-beat versus one-beat scan. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 33:937-946. [PMID: 28150085 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-017-1078-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The purpose of our study was to investigate the impact of temporal uniformity and adjustment by the contrast opacification enhancement in the aorta on the performance of transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) for obstructive coronary artery disease. A total of 274 coronary arteries from 94 patients who underwent both multi- and single-beat scan using 128-slice scanner at the same time were enrolled. TAG and corrected coronary opacification (CCO) of both scan technique were compared against obstructive coronary arteries defined by diameter stenosis ≥50%. In per-vessel analysis, both TAG and CCO were slight but significantly different between multi- and single-beat scan in overall (-13.3 vs. -14.3 HU/10 mm; 0.31 vs. 0.38; p < 0.05, all). However, the difference was evident only in right coronary artery (p < 0.05) but not in left coronary arteries (p = NS). Correlation coefficient value are more than 0.8 for all coronary arteries (0.84) and each of the three vessels (RCA: 0.87, LAD: 0.84, LCX: 0.81) in TAG in single-beat versus multi-beat scans (p < 0.0001). Radiation exposure was significantly lower in single-beat scan compared to multi-beat scan (0.9 vs. 3.7 mSv, p < 0.001). TAGs of multi- and single beat scans well correlated each other in all coronary arteries and were not affected by temporal non-uniformity.
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- Hae Jin Kim
- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Controversies in the Use of Fractional Flow Reserve Form Computed Tomography (FFRCT) vs. Coronary Angiography. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING REPORTS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12410-016-9396-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Funama Y, Utsunomiya D, Oda S, Shimonobo T, Nakaura T, Mukunoki T, Kidoh M, Yuki H, Yamashita Y. Transluminal attenuation-gradient coronary CT angiography on a 320-MDCT volume scanner: Effect of scan timing, coronary artery stenosis, and cardiac output using a contrast medium flow phantom. Phys Med 2016; 32:1415-1421. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Ding A, Qiu G, Lin W, Hu L, Lu G, Long X, Hong X, Chen Y, Luo X, Tang Q, Deng D. Diagnostic performance of noninvasive fractional flow reserve derived from coronary computed tomography angiography in ischemia-causing coronary stenosis: a meta-analysis. Jpn J Radiol 2016; 34:795-808. [DOI: 10.1007/s11604-016-0589-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gonçalves PDA, Rodríguez-Granillo GA, Spitzer E, Suwannasom P, Loewe C, Nieman K, Garcia-Garcia HM. Functional Evaluation of Coronary Disease by CT Angiography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2016; 8:1322-35. [PMID: 26563862 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Revised: 08/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In recent years, several technical developments in the field of cardiac computed tomography (CT) have made possible the extraction of functional information from an anatomy-based examination. Several different lines have been explored and will be reviewed in the present paper, namely: 1) myocardial perfusion imaging; 2) transluminal attenuation gradients and corrected coronary opacification indexes; 3) fractional flow reserve computed from CT; and 4) extrapolation from atherosclerotic plaque characteristics. In view of these developments, cardiac CT has the potential to become in the near future a truly 2-in-1 noninvasive evaluation for coronary artery disease.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Diagnostico Maipu, and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Section of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Bioimaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Departments of Cardiology and Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Cardialysis B.V., Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Physiological Severity of Coronary Artery Stenosis Depends on the Amount of Myocardial Mass Subtended by the Coronary Artery. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2016; 9:1548-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hecht HS, Narula J, Fearon WF. Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography. Circ Res 2016; 119:300-16. [DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.116.307914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) is now the gold standard for intervention. Noninvasive functional imaging analyses derived from coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) offer alternatives for evaluating lesion-specific ischemia. CT-FFR, CT myocardial perfusion imaging, and transluminal attenuation gradient/corrected contrast opacification have been studied using invasive FFR as the gold standard. CT-FFR has demonstrated significant improvement in specificity and positive predictive value compared with CTA alone for predicting FFR of ≤0.80, as well as decreasing the frequency of nonobstructive invasive coronary angiography. High-risk plaque characteristics have also been strongly implicated in abnormal FFR. Myocardial computed tomographic perfusion is an alternative method with promising results; it involves more radiation and contrast. Transluminal attenuation gradient/corrected contrast opacification is more controversial and may be more related to vessel diameter than stenosis. Important considerations remain: (1) improvement of CTA quality to decrease unevaluable studies, (2) is the diagnostic accuracy of CT-FFR sufficient? (3) can CT-FFR guide intervention without invasive FFR confirmation? (4) what are the long-term outcomes of CT-FFR–guided treatment and how do they compare with other functional imaging-guided paradigms? (5) what degree of stenosis on CTA warrants CT-FFR? (6) how should high-risk plaque be incorporated into treatment decisions? (7) how will CT-FFR influence other functional imaging test utilization, and what will be the effect on the practice of cardiology? (8) will a workstation-based CT-FFR be mandatory? Rapid progress to date suggests that CTA-based lesion-specific ischemia will be the gatekeeper to the cardiac catheterization laboratory and will transform the world of intervention.
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- Harvey S. Hecht
- From the Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (H.S.H., J.N.); Department of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (W.F.F.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (H.S.H., J.N.); Department of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (W.F.F.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (H.S.H., J.N.); Department of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (W.F.F.)
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Choi JH, Kim EK, Kim SM, Kim H, Song YB, Hahn JY, Choi SH, Gwon HC, Lee SH, Choe YH, Oh JK. Noninvasive Discrimination of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion and Subtotal Occlusion by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2016; 8:1143-1153. [PMID: 26292581 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate whether noninvasive discrimination of chronic total occlusion (CTO), a complete interruption of coronary artery flow, and subtotal occlusion (STO), a functional total occlusion, is feasible using coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA). BACKGROUND CTO and STO may be different in pathophysiology and clinical treatment strategy. METHODS We included 486 consecutive patients (median age 63 years, 82% male) who showed a total of 553 completely occluded coronary arteries in coronary CTA. The length of occlusion, side branches, shape of proximal stump, and collateral vessels were measured as anatomical findings. Transluminal attenuation gradient, which reflects intraluminal contrast kinetics and functional extent of collateral flow, was measured as a physiological surrogate. All patients were followed by invasive coronary angiography. RESULTS Coronary arteries with CTO showed longer occlusion length (cutoff ≥ 15 mm), higher distal transluminal attenuation gradient (cutoff ≥-0.9 Hounsfield units [HU]/10 mm), more frequent side branches, blunted stump, cross-sectional calcification ≥ 50%, and collateral vessels compared with arteries with STO (p < 0.001, all). The combination of these findings could distinguish CTO from STO (c-statistics = 0.88 [95% confidence interval: 0.94 to 0.90], sensitivity 83%, specificity 77%, positive predictive value 55%, negative predictive value 93%; p < 0.001). Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was attempted in 342 arteries and was successful in 279 arteries (82%). The computed tomography findings could predict the unsuccessful PCI (c-statistics = 0.70 [95% confidence interval: 0.65 to 0.75], sensitivity 63%, specificity 73%, positive predictive value 91%, negative predictive value 31%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Noninvasive coronary CTA could discern CTO from STO, and also could predict the success of attempted PCI.
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- Jin-Ho Choi
- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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Park EA, Lee W, Park SJ, Kim YK, Hwang HY. Influence of Coronary Artery Diameter on Intracoronary Transluminal Attenuation Gradient During CT Angiography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2016; 9:1074-1083. [PMID: 27372017 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to assess the effect of coronary artery diameter on luminal attenuation and the correlation between the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) and transluminal diameter gradient (TDG) on computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography. BACKGROUND Recent studies have reported promising results of TAG in detecting significant stenosis. However, because of the intrinsic nature of CT reconstruction algorithms, luminal attenuation may be affected by vessel diameter. METHODS In this 3-part study, phantom simulating vessels of various diameters immersed in different contrast mixtures were scanned, and intraluminal attenuations were measured. In addition, dynamic volume CT scanning was performed in 3 mongrel dogs (untreated, a stenosis model, and an occlusion model) using 320-row area detector computed tomography and intraluminal attenuations, and TAGs were calculated at each temporal scan and compared. In a separate clinical study, TAGs and TDGs of 152 coronary arteries from 62 patients who underwent 320-row area detector computed tomography coronary angiography and invasive angiography were measured and compared. RESULTS Intraluminal attenuation of phantom vessels gradually decreased along with a decrease in diameter. Animal studies revealed that the peak attenuation of distal smaller coronary arteries did not reach that of proximal larger coronary arteries: 55.2% to 78.1% peak attenuation of proximal coronary arteries. No differences in TAG were found between stenotic and normal left circumflex arteries at temporal scans (all, p > 0.05). The clinical study demonstrated significant correlation between TAG and TDG (r = 0.580; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Intraluminal attenuation was shown to decrease with diminution of vessel diameters. In addition, TAG exhibited a significant correlation with TDG, implying that TAG may be a secondary result because of differences in diameters.
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Urbonaviciene G, Isaksen C, Urbonavicius S, Buhl JS, Johansen JK, Nielsen AH, Nørgaard KS, Nørgaard A, Frost L. Coronary computed tomography angiography and calcium scoring in routine clinical practice for identification of patients who require revascularization. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2016; 109:412-21. [PMID: 27215378 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2016.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Revised: 10/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The predictive value of CCTA to predict coronary artery disease is high in particular in the absence of coronary calcification. However, the consideration of both CCTA and the calcium score, in addition to the risk factors to determine the indication for coronary revascularization, has not been yet studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 2302 patients (mean age: 60±9.8 years, 46% men), without known coronary artery disease (CAD), who underwent 320-row CCTA. Logistic regression, c-statistic and net reclassification improvement (NRI) were used to assess the role of coronary artery calcium score (CACS) in predicting revascularization after CCTA. RESULTS The revascularization rates were 0.75% in patients with a CACS of 0, and there were no adverse events during the follow-up period. The revascularization rates were 3.3% in patients with a CACS of 1-99, 15.4% in patients with a CACS of 100-399, 25.6% in patients with a CACS of 400-999, and 42.4% in patients with a CACS≥1000. The crude and adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for revascularization per CACS group category were 2.89 (2.53-2.3) and 2.71 (2.33-3.15), respectively; the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.85 (0.83-0.88). The addition of CACS to conventional risk factors improved the accuracy of risk prediction model for revascularization (AUC 0.74 vs 0.63, P=0.001), but it did not reclassify a substantial proportion of patients with positive CACS to risk categories (NRI=-0.023, P=0.66). CONCLUSIONS The 320-row CCTA might rule out CAD in low- to intermediate-risk patients. However, its accuracy in identifying patients who require revascularization is limited. The CACS added to the conventional risk factors did not improve the identification of patients who require revascularization.
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- Grazina Urbonaviciene
- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark; Aarhus University, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark; Viborg Hospital, Department of Vascular Surgery, Viborg, Denmark
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- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark; Aarhus University, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark
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Feasibility of Selective Catheter-Directed Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Using Ultralow-Dose Intracoronary Contrast Injection in a Swine Model. Invest Radiol 2016; 50:449-55. [PMID: 25816215 DOI: 10.1097/rli.0000000000000150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Selective catheter-directed intracoronary contrast injected coronary computed tomography angiography (selective CCTA) has recently been introduced for on-site evaluation of coronary artery disease during coronary artery catheterization. In this study, we aimed to develop a feasible protocol for selective CCTA using ultralow-dose contrast medium as compared with conventional intravenous CCTA (IV CCTA). MATERIALS AND METHODS A novel combined system incorporating coronary angiography and a 320-detector row computed tomographic scanner was used to study 4 swine (35-40 kg) under animal institutional review board approval. A selective CCTA scan was simultaneously performed with an injection of 13.13 mgI/mL of modulated contrast medium at multiple different injection rates including 2, 3, and 4 mL/s and different total injection volumes of either 20 or 30 mL. Intravenous CCTA was performed with 60 mL of contrast medium, followed by 30 mL of saline chaser at 5 mL/s. Coronary mean and peak intensity, transluminal attenuation gradient, as well as 3-dimensional maximum intensity projections were obtained. RESULTS Attenuation values (mean ± standard error, in Hounsfield units [HUs]) of selective CCTA for the left anterior descending (LAD) and right coronary artery (RCA) using the various combinations of injection rates and total injection volumes were as follows: 20 mL at 2 mL/s (LAD, 270.3 ± 20.4 HU; RCA, 322.6 ± 7.4 HU), 20 mL at 3 mL/s (LAD, 262.9 ± 20.4 HU; RCA, 264.7 ± 7.4 HU), 30 mL at 3 mL/s (LAD, 276.8 ± 20.4 HU; RCA, 274.0 ± 7.4 HU), 20 mL at 4 mL/s (LAD, 268.0 ± 20.4 HU; RCA, 277.7 ± 7.4 HU), and 30 mL at 4 mL/s (LAD, 251.3 ± 20.4 HU; RCA, 334.7 ± 7.4 HU). The representative protocol of the selective CCTA studies produced results within the optimal enhancement range (approximately 250-350 HU) for all segments, and comparison of transluminal attenuation gradient data with selective CCTA and IV CCTA studies demonstrated that the former method was more homogenous (-1.5245 and -1.7558 for LAD as well as 0.0459 and 0.0799 for RCA, respectively). Notably, the volume of iodine contrast medium used for selective CCTA was reported to be 1.09% (0.2 g) of IV CCTA (24 g). CONCLUSIONS The current findings demonstrate the feasibility of selective CCTA using ultralow-dose intracoronary contrast injection. This technique may provide additional means of coronary evaluation in patients who may require strategic planning before a procedure using a combined modality system.
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Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Known and Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: What is in it for the Interventional Cardiologist? Curr Cardiol Rep 2015; 18:3. [PMID: 26694725 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-015-0680-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The long-standing coronary artery disease (CAD) paradigm simplified by the discrimination between patients with or without CAD warrants to be revisited by the insightful information provided by noninvasive cardiac imaging, leading to a comprehensive physiopathological assessment rather than a mainly anatomical approach. This review will address (1) the role of non-invasive cardiac imaging for the appropriate selection of stable patients referred to invasive coronary angiography (ICA), and the evolving concept and prognostic implications of myocardial ischemia; (2) the usefulness of computed tomography coronary angiography for the guidance of percutaneous coronary interventions; and (3) the role and potential clinical impact of novel anatomical and functional non-invasive prognostic markers.
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Koo HJ, Yang DH, Kim YH, Kang JW, Kang SJ, Kweon J, Kim HJ, Lim TH. CT-based myocardial ischemia evaluation: quantitative angiography, transluminal attenuation gradient, myocardial perfusion, and CT-derived fractional flow reserve. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 32 Suppl 1:1-19. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0825-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Coronary computed tomography angiography for the assessment of chest pain: current status and future directions. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 31 Suppl 2:125-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0698-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Eslami P, Seo JH, Rahsepar AA, George R, Lardo AC, Mittal R. Computational Study of Computed Tomography Contrast Gradients in Models of Stenosed Coronary Arteries. J Biomech Eng 2015; 137:2361190. [PMID: 26102356 DOI: 10.1115/1.4030891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Recent computed tomography coronary angiography (CCTA) studies have noted higher transluminal contrast agent gradients in arteries with stenotic lesions, but the physical mechanism responsible for these gradients is not clear. We use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling coupled with contrast agent dispersion to investigate the mechanism for these gradients. Simulations of blood flow and contrast agent dispersion in models of coronary artery are carried out for both steady and pulsatile flows, and axisymmetric stenoses of severities varying from 0% (unobstructed) to 80% are considered. Simulations show the presence of measurable gradients with magnitudes that increase monotonically with stenotic severity when other parameters are held fixed. The computational results enable us to examine and validate the hypothesis that transluminal contrast gradients (TCG) are generated due to the advection of the contrast bolus with time-varying contrast concentration that appears at the coronary ostium. Since the advection of the bolus is determined by the flow velocity in the artery, the magnitude of the gradient, therefore, encodes the coronary flow velocity. The correlation between the flow rate estimated from TCG and the actual flow rate in the computational model of a physiologically realistic coronary artery is 96% with a R2 value of 0.98. The mathematical formulae connecting TCG to flow velocity derived here represent a novel and potentially powerful approach for noninvasive estimation of coronary flow velocity from CT angiography.
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Qi X, Fan G, Zhu D, Ma W, Yang C. Comprehensive assessment of coronary fractional flow reserve. Arch Med Sci 2015; 11:483-93. [PMID: 26170840 PMCID: PMC4495145 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2015.52351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is considered nowadays as the gold standard for invasive assessment of physiologic stenosis significance and an indispensable tool for decision-making in coronary revascularization. Robust studies have shown that FFR is more effective in accurately identifying which lesions should be stented, and revascularization guided by FFR improves the outcome of coronary artery disease in patients. Therefore, FFR has been upgraded to a class A recommendation in current guidelines when the ischemic potential for specific target lesions is controversial. This article reviews the laboratory practice, functional evaluation of FFR as a gold standard and its emerging clinical application. In addition, novel noninvasive technologies of FFR measurement are discussed in depth.
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- Xiaolong Qi
- Division of Gastroenterology, Institute of Digestive Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Institute of Digestive Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Institute of Digestive Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Non-invasive prediction of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenoses by contrast density difference in coronary CT angiography. Eur J Radiol 2015; 84:1502-1508. [PMID: 26001435 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) allows the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease. However, its ability to predict the hemodynamic significance of stenoses is limited. We assessed differences in plaque characteristics and contrast density difference between hemodynamically significant and non-significant stenoses, as defined by invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR). METHODS Lesion characteristics of 59 consecutive patients (72 lesions) in whom invasive FFR was performed in at least one coronary artery with moderate to high-grade stenoses in coronary CTA were evaluated by two experienced readers. Coronary CTA data sets were acquired on a second-generation dual-source CT scanner using retrospectively ECG-gated spiral acquisition or prospectively ECG-triggered axial acquisition mode. Plaque volume and composition (non-calcified, calcified), remodeling index as well as contrast density difference (defined as the percentage decline in luminal CT attenuation/cross-sectional area over the lesion) were assessed using a semi-automatic software tool (Autoplaq). Additionally, the transluminal attenuation gradient (defined as the linear regression coefficient between intraluminal CT attenuation and length from the ostium) was determined. Differences in lesion characteristics between hemodynamically significant (invasively measured FFR ≤0.80) and non-significant lesions (FFR >0.80) were determined. RESULTS Mean patient age was 64±11 years with 44 males (75%). 21 out of 72 coronary artery lesions (29%) were hemodynamically significant according to invasive FFR. Mean invasive FFR was 0.66±0.12 vs. 0.91±0.05 for hemodynamically significant versus non-significant lesions. Hemodynamically significant lesions showed a significantly greater percentage of non-calcified plaque compared to non-hemodynamically relevant lesions (51.3±15.3% vs. 43.6±16.5%, p=0.021). Contrast density difference was significantly increased in hemodynamically relevant lesions (26.0±20.2% vs. 16.6±10.9% for non-significant lesions; p=0.013). At a threshold of ≥24%, the contrast density difference predicted hemodynamically significant lesions with a specificity of 75%, sensitivity of 33%, PPV of 35% and NPV of 73%. The transluminal attenuation gradient showed no significant difference between hemodynamically significant and non-significant lesions (-1.4±1.4HU/mm vs. -1.1±1.3HU/mm, p=n.s.). CONCLUSIONS Quantitative contrast density difference across coronary lesions in coronary CTA data sets may be applied as a non-invasive tool to identify hemodynamically significant stenoses.
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Nakanishi R, Matsumoto S, Alani A, Li D, Kitslaar PH, Broersen A, Koo BK, Min JK, Budoff MJ. Diagnostic performance of transluminal attenuation gradient and fractional flow reserve by coronary computed tomographic angiography (FFR(CT)) compared to invasive FFR: a sub-group analysis from the DISCOVER-FLOW and DeFACTO studies. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 31:1251-9. [PMID: 25904402 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0666-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Although coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) has been a robust diagnostic tool to identify anatomical significance of coronary artery disease (CAD), the utility of CCTA to assess hemodynamic significance of CAD remains unclear. We investigated the diagnostic performance of transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) and fractional flow reserve derived from CCTA (FFRCT) to predict lesion-specific ischemia by invasive FFR. We identified 103 patients with suspected or known CAD enrolled from the DISCOVER-FLOW and DeFACTO studies who underwent invasive coronary angiography with FFR and high quality ≥64-slice CCTA. Diagnostic performance for predicting abnormal invasive FFR (≤0.80) was assessed for TAG [≤-1.1 HU/mm by the area under the curve (AUC) by receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis (ROC)], FFR(CT) (≤0.80), and CCTA stenosis (≥50%). On a per-vessel analysis (n = 146), 52 vessels (35.6%) had ischemia by invasive FFR. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 53.8, 45.7, 35.4, 64.2% for TAG, 82.7, 74.5, 64.2, 88.6% for FFR(CT), 84.6, 39.4, 43.6, 82.2% for CCTA stenosis, respectively. The AUC by ROC curve analysis for FFR(CT) (0.79) demonstrated greater discrimination of hemodynamic ischemia compared to TAG (0.50, p < 0.0001 vs. FFR(CT)), CCTA stenosis (0.62, p = 0.0004 vs. FFR(CT)) and the combination of the two (0.63, p = 0.004 vs. FFR(CT)). These results remained consistent regardless of the number of CCTA slices. FFR(CT) allows identification of lesion-specific ischemia using invasive FFR as a reference standard with greater diagnostic accuracy than TAG, CCTA stenosis, or the combination of the two.
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- Rine Nakanishi
- Los Angeles Biomedical Research Center at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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Beyond stenosis detection: computed tomography approaches for determining the functional relevance of coronary artery disease. Radiol Clin North Am 2014; 53:317-34. [PMID: 25726997 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2014.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is an established imaging technique for the noninvasive assessment of coronary arteries. However, CCTA remains a morphologic technique with the same limitations as invasive coronary angiography in evaluating the hemodynamic significance of coronary stenosis. Different computed tomography (CT) techniques for the functional analysis of coronary lesions have recently emerged, including static and dynamic CT myocardial perfusion imaging and CT-based fractional flow reserve and transluminal attenuation gradient methods. These techniques hold promise for achieving a comprehensive appraisal of anatomic and functional aspects of coronary heart disease with a single modality.
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Transluminal attenuation gradient in coronary computed tomography angiography for determining stenosis severity of calcified coronary artery: a primary study with dual-source CT. Eur Radiol 2014; 25:1219-28. [PMID: 25447972 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3519-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) for stenosis severity of calcified lesions assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). METHODS One hundred seven patients who underwent CCTA and coronary angiography (CAG) were enrolled. TAGs of 309 major epicardial coronary arteries were measured. The impact of plaque composition, Agatston scores, and lesion length ratio on TAG were analyzed. Diagnostic performance vs. CAG of TAG, CCTA, and combined TAG/CCTA were evaluated, and incremental value of TAG for reclassification of CCTA stenosis severity in calcified lesions was also analyzed. RESULTS TAG decreased consistently with stenosis severity. TAG was significantly lower in coronary arteries with calcification scores >300 and lesion length ratios >2/3. TAG improved diagnostic accuracy of CCTA (c-statistic =0.982 vs. 0.942, P = 0.0001) in calcified lesions, and the sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values of TAG cutoff ≤ -11.33 were 72 %, 91 %, 88 %, and 78 %, respectively. The addition of TAG to CCTA resulted in significant reclassification (NRI =0.093, P = 0.022) in calcified vessels. CONCLUSIONS Measurement of TAG may improve diagnostic performance and reclassification of CCTA in coronary stenosis caused by calcified lesions. KEY POINTS • TAG decreased as calcification scores and lesion length increased. • TAG markedly improved the diagnostic performance of CCTA for calcified lesions. • TAG improved reclassification of coronary artery stenosis severity in CCTA.
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den Dekker MAM, Pelgrim GJ, Pundziute G, van den Heuvel ER, Oudkerk M, Vliegenthart R. Hemodynamic significance of coronary stenosis by vessel attenuation measurement on CT compared with adenosine perfusion MRI. Eur J Radiol 2014; 84:92-99. [PMID: 25467226 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Revised: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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PURPOSE We assessed the association between corrected contrast opacification (CCO) based on coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) and inducible ischemia by adenosine perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (APMR). METHODS Sixty cardiac asymptomatic patients with extra-cardiac arterial disease (mean age 64.4 ± 7.7 years; 78% male) underwent cCTA and APMR. Luminal CT attenuation values (Hounsfield Units) were measured in coronary arteries from proximal to distal, with additional measurements across sites with >50% lumen stenosis. CCO was calculated by dividing coronary CT attenuation by descending aorta CT attenuation. A reversible perfusion defect on APMR was considered as myocardial ischemia. RESULTS In total, 169 coronary stenoses were found. Seven patients had 8 perfusion defects on APMR, with 11 stenoses in corresponding vessels. CCO decrease across stenoses with hemodynamic significance was 0.144 ± 0.112 compared to 0.047 ± 0.104 across stenoses without hemodynamic significance (P=0.003). CCO decrease in lesions with and without anatomical stenosis was similar (0.054 ± 0.116 versus 0.052 ± 0.101; P=0.89). Using 0.20 as preliminary CCO decrease cut-off, hemodynamic significance would be excluded in 82.9% of anatomical stenoses. CONCLUSIONS CCO decrease across coronary stenosis is associated with myocardial ischemia on APMR. CCO based on common cCTA data is a novel method to assess hemodynamic significance of anatomical stenosis.
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- Martijn A M den Dekker
- From the Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging-North East Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging-North East Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging-North East Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging-North East Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging-North East Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Radiology, Center for Medical Imaging-North East Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Rybicki FJ, Juan YH, Saboo SS, George E, Bhivasankar R, Mitsouras D. Patterns of Opacification in Coronary CT Angiography: Contrast Differences and Gradients. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING REPORTS 2014; 7:9291. [PMID: 25258657 DOI: 10.1007/s12410-014-9291-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Iodinated contrast delivery is a key component of coronary CT angiography. However, the purpose of contrast delivery has been limited to morphology alone. Specifically, iodine opacification of the coronary lumen has been used to separate it from the coronary artery wall and lesions within the coronary arteries. Because contrast is delivered to the coronary arteries according to the coronary blood flow, there is flow information encoded within the contrast opacification which, depending on CT hardware and acquisition protocol, can be recognized in coronary CT angiography. In addition, metrics related to flow have been identified and studied. They include coronary contrast opacification differences and contrast opacification gradients.
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- Frank J Rybicki
- Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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Dai N, Li WM, Xu YW. Combined CT Techniques to Assess Functionally Significant Coronary Stenoses. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014; 64:1404. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.1189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chatzizisis YS, George E, Cai T, Fulwadhva UP, Kumamaru KK, Schultz K, Fujisawa Y, Rassi C, Steigner M, Mather RT, Blankstein R, Rybicki FJ, Mitsouras D. Accuracy and reproducibility of automated, standardized coronary transluminal attenuation gradient measurements. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 30:1181-9. [PMID: 24839136 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0446-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) contrast opacification gradients, or transluminal attenuation gradients (TAG) offer incremental value to predict functionally significant lesions. This study introduces and evaluates an automated gradients software package that can potentially supplant current, labor-intensive manual TAG calculation methods. All 60 major coronary arteries in 20 patients who underwent a clinically indicated single heart beat 320 × 0.5 mm detector row CCTA were retrospectively evaluated by two readers using a previously validated manual measurement approach and two additional readers who used the new automated gradient software. Accuracy of the automated method against the manual measurements, considered the reference standard, was assessed via linear regression and Bland-Altman analyses. Inter- and intra-observer reproducibility and factors that can affect accuracy or reproducibility of both manual and automated TAG measurements, including CAD severity and iterative reconstruction, were also assessed. Analysis time was reduced by 68% when compared to manual TAG measurement. There was excellent correlation between automated TAG and the reference standard manual TAG. Bland-Altman analyses indicated low mean differences (1 HU/cm) and narrower inter- and intra-observer limits of agreement for automated compared to manual measurements (25 and 36% reduction with automated software, respectively). Among patient and technical factors assessed, none affected agreement of manual and automated TAG measurement. Automated 320 × 0.5 mm detector row gradient software reduces computation time by 68% with high accuracy and reproducibility.
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- Yiannis S Chatzizisis
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Choi JH, Kim EK, Kim SM, Song YB, Hahn JY, Choi SH, Gwon HC, Lee SH, Choe YH, Oh JK. Noninvasive evaluation of coronary collateral arterial flow by coronary computed tomographic angiography. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 7:482-90. [PMID: 24700691 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.113.001637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Coronary collateral flow is an alternative source of myocardial perfusion in patients with totally occluded coronary arteries. Clinical evaluation of collateral flow has been limited by the need of invasive measurements. We investigated whether noninvasive coronary computed tomographic angiography can evaluate the angiographic extent of coronary collateral flow. METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 325 coronary computed tomographic angiography cases with angiographically confirmed chronic total occlusion (median age, 63 years; men 83%). Transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG), which reflects the kinetics of contrast media in coronary artery, of an entire artery as well as of a distal vessel was assessed to evaluate the flow in entire vessel and distal vessel. TAGs were validated against visually assessed angiographic collateral connection and Rentrop grading. TAG of an entire artery increased consistently according to the angiographic extent of collateral flow (P<0.001). Well-developed collaterals, defined by highest collateral connection and Rentrop grades (n=103), could be predicted by TAG of an entire artery (cutoff, ≥-7.6 Hounsfield units/10 mm; c-statistics, 0.72; sensitivity, 65%; specificity, 73%; positive predictive value, 52%; negative predictive value, 82%). TAG of a distal vessel could discriminate the antegrade (n=143) and retrograde (n=182) flows in distal artery (cutoff, 0.0 Hounsfield unit/10 mm; c-statistics, 0.88; sensitivity, 78%; specificity, 85%; positive predictive value, 87%; negative predictive value, 75%). CONCLUSIONS TAG, an intracoronary attenuation-based analysis of coronary computed tomographic angiography, moderately reflected the functional extent and direction of collateral flow.
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- Jin-Ho Choi
- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.).
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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Contrast agent bolus tracking with a fixed threshold or a manual fast start for coronary CT angiography. Eur Radiol 2014; 24:1229-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3148-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Berman DS, Stoebner RA, Dey D. Combined anatomy and physiology on coronary computed tomography angiography: a step or two in the right direction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014; 63:1913-5. [PMID: 24657698 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Daniel S Berman
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California.
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- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California
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- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California
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