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Kadoglou NPE, Papadopoulos CΗ, Khattab E, Velidakis N, Lambropoulos S. The diagnostic value of stress echocardiography with limited myocardial ischemia in high-risk patients. Hellenic J Cardiol 2024:S1109-9666(23)00233-6. [PMID: 38182003 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2023.12.007] [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: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The diagnostic value of limited myocardial ischemia in DSE is not well known. OBJECTIVES We investigated whether myocardial ischemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in 1 apical segment of any of the ventricular walls of the left ventricle relates to the anatomical and functional stenosis of the suppling coronary artery. METHODS Our observational, prospective study enrolled 212 patients, symptomatic or asymptomatic, with newly diagnosed limited myocardial ischemia on DSE. Almost 25% of them had already known CAD, while the rest were divided into low-risk and high-risk groups, integrating 1-2 and ≥3 classical cardiovascular risk factors, respectively. After DSE, all patients underwent invasive coronary angiography (ICA) and were followed up for one year. In coronary arteries distributing ischemic area, the calculated stenosis ≥50% and FFR<0.8 were considered anatomically and functionally significant, respectively. In the latter cases, the patients underwent coronary revascularization. RESULTS Significant anatomical and functional stenosis of the supplying coronary artery was common among patients with already known CAD (62.5% and 44.5%, respectively) or those without CAD but a high-risk profile (60.2% and 25.6%, respectively). In logistic regression analysis, CAD revascularization was independently determined by an already known CAD, diabetes mellitus, and high-risk profile. During follow-up, 24 patients experienced ACS or new angina episodes, which were associated with diabetes and smoking in univariate analysis. CONCLUSION Limited myocardial ischemia may implicate significant anatomical and functional coronary stenosis among individuals with a history of CAD or those without known CAD but a high-risk profile. The prognostic value of our findings requires further investigation.
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- Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Significance of indeterminate and abnormal stress electrocardiography despite normal imaging in patients with suspected coronary artery disease – An analysis of the PROMISE trial. J Electrocardiol 2022; 73:79-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2022.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sörensson P, Dellborg M, Börjesson M. The role of modern cardiovascular imaging in (suspected) coronary artery disease in competitive athletes. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2021; 32:431-437. [PMID: 34481978 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2021.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This overview addresses different non-invasive imaging methods in diagnosing CAD before clearing the athlete for participation in sports activity. Keep in mind the risks and benefits of exercising for the competitive athlete and to use the SCORE-information as a first evaluation tool. It is essential to gather relevant information and to complement anatomical evaluations with functional evaluations. Exercise testing also has an added value in athletes as it will inform both the physician and the athlete on the aerobic fitness of the individual, a key factor in risk assessment.
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- P Sörensson
- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, Sweden; Cardiac MRI, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Health and Performance, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden..
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Hwang HJ, Sohn IS, Park CB, Jin ES, Cho JM, Kim CJ. Clinical outcomes of discordant exercise electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings compared with concordant findings in patients with chest pain and no history of coronary artery disease: An observational study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e17195. [PMID: 31574826 PMCID: PMC6775389 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000017195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate comparative clinical outcomes of discordant electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic (Echo) findings compared with concordant findings during treadmill exercise echocardiography in patients with chest pain and no history of coronary artery disease (CAD).A total of 1725 consecutive patients who underwent treadmill echocardiography with chest pain and no history of CAD were screened. The patients were classified into 4 groups: ECG-/Echo- (negative ECG and Echo), ECG+/Echo- (positive ECG and negative Echo), ECG-/Echo+, and ECG+/Echo+. Concomitant CAD was determined using coronary angiography or coronary computed tomography. Major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) were defined as a composite of coronary revascularization, acute myocardial infarction, and death.MACEs were similar between ECG-/Echo- and ECG+/Echo- groups. Compared with ECG+/Echo- group, ECG-/Echo+ group had more MACEs (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] adjusted by clinical risk factors [95% confidence interval {CI}], 3.57 [1.75-7.29], P < .001). Compared with ECG+/Echo+ group, ECG-/Echo+ group had lower prevalence of concomitant CAD and fewer MACEs (HR, 0.49 [0.29-0.81], P = .006).Positive exercise Echo alone during treadmill exercise echocardiography had worse clinical outcomes than positive ECG alone, and the latter had similar outcomes to both negative ECG and Echo. Positive exercise Echo alone also had better clinical outcomes than both positive ECG and Echo. Therefore, exercise Echo findings might be superior for predicting clinical outcomes compared with exercise ECG findings. Additional consideration of ECG findings on positive exercise Echo will also facilitate better prediction of clinical outcomes.
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Quantification of Ischemia As a Prognostic Mandate for Coronary Revascularization in Asymptomatic Patients: How Much Is Enough? Crit Pathw Cardiol 2019; 18:98-101. [PMID: 31094737 DOI: 10.1097/hpc.0000000000000176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether asymptomatic patients with known coronary artery disease and demonstrable myocardial ischemia warrant revascularization on prognostic grounds. A Medline and PubMed search was performed, including 7 trials with data discussed and concise reviews of prominent articles in the field. The magnitude of inducible ischemia in those with known coronary disease correlates closely with poor cardiovascular outcomes in terms of death, myocardial infarction, hospitalization, and revascularization. Patients with ≥10% inducible ischemia experience a survival advantage when revascularized with a reduction in mortality of greater than 50% regardless of symptoms (P < 0.00001). Evidence also suggests that left ventricular function remains preserved in those who are revascularized when compared with medical therapy alone; left ventricular ejection fraction 53.9% versus 48.8% (P < 0.001). Silent ischemia is a useful prognostic marker in those with known coronary disease. It is recommended that asymptomatic patients with known coronary disease be revascularized on prognostic grounds if ≥10% ischemia can be demonstrated on nuclear or myocardial perfusion scan, ≥3 segments of regional wall motion abnormality on stress echocardiography/cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, or ≥2 segments with perfusion deficits on stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
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Clinical effectiveness of a sonographer-led, cardiologist-interpreted stress echocardiography service in the rapid access stable chest pain clinic. Int J Cardiol 2019; 281:107-112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.01.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 01/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Válek R, Mědílek K, Bis J, Nový J, Cyrany J, Šťásek J. Analysis of elective coronary angiography findings in patients with suspected angina pectoris in the cardiocenter Hradec Králové - Real-life clinical practice in light of the guidelines. COR ET VASA 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2018.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gurunathan S, Zacharias K, Akhtar M, Ahmed A, Mehta V, Karogiannis N, Vamvakidou A, Khattar R, Senior R. Cost-effectiveness of a management strategy based on exercise echocardiography versus exercise electrocardiography in patients presenting with suspected angina during long term follow up: A randomized study. Int J Cardiol 2018; 259:1-7. [PMID: 29579580 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Exercise ECG (Ex-ECG) is advocated by guidelines for patients with low - intermediate probability of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there are no randomized studies comparing Ex-ECG with exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) evaluating long term cost-effectiveness of each management strategy. METHODS Accordingly, 385 patients with no prior CAD and low-intermediate probability of CAD (mean pre-test probability 34%), were randomized to undergo either Ex-ECG (194 patients) or ESE (191 patients). The primary endpoint was clinical effectiveness defined as the positive predictive value (PPV) for the detection of CAD of each test. Cost-effectiveness was derived using the cumulative costs incurred by each diagnostic strategy during a mean of follow up of 3.0 years. RESULTS The PPV of ESE and Ex-ECG were 100% and 64% (p = 0.04) respectively for the detection of CAD. There were fewer clinic (31 vs 59, p < 0.01) and emergency visits (14 vs 30, p = 0.01) and lower number of hospital bed days (8 vs 29, p < 0.01) in the ESE arm, with fewer patients undergoing coronary angiography (13.4% vs 6.3%, p = 0.02). The overall cumulative mean costs per patient were £796 for Ex-ECG and £631 for ESE respectively (p = 0.04) equating to a >20% reduction in cost with an ESE strategy with no difference in the combined end-point of death, myocardial infarction, unplanned revascularization and hospitalization for chest pain between ESE and Ex-ECG (3.2% vs 3.7%, p = 0.38). CONCLUSION In patients with low to intermediate pretest probability of CAD and suspected angina, an ESE management strategy is cost-effective when compared with Ex-ECG during long term follow up.
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- Sothinathan Gurunathan
- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom; Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom; Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom; Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom; Biomedical Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Stress echocardiography (SE) is a well-established technique for the diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). This review article summarizes the status of SE in CAD, including testing protocols, clinical efficacy and current use of newer technologies: myocardial perfusion, strain imaging, three-dimensional echocardiography and adjunctive carotid ultrasonography. RECENT FINDINGS Recent major findings in SE include the clinical value of myocardial perfusion imaging in multicentre studies, as well as when added to left ventricular (LV) wall motion assessment in clinical service. Additionally, SE has been shown to be more cost-effective than exercise ECG in patients with low-intermediate pre-test probability of CAD. Adjunctive atherosclerosis imaging by carotid ultrasonography (CU) to ischaemia testing by SE provides synergistic prognostic value, equivalent to hybrid imaging by PET-CT. Despite the development of newer and more expensive imaging modalities, SE remains the cornerstone for the assessment of CAD and has excellent clinical efficacy, is safe and is cost-effective.
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- Sothinathan Gurunathan
- Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NP, UK
- Biomedical Research Unit National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK.
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NP, UK.
- Biomedical Research Unit National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
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Riccio C, Gulizia MM, Colivicchi F, Di Lenarda A, Musumeci G, Faggiano PM, Abrignani MG, Rossini R, Fattirolli F, Valente S, Mureddu GF, Temporelli PL, Olivari Z, Amico AF, Casolo G, Fresco C, Menozzi A, Nardi F. ANMCO/GICR-IACPR/SICI-GISE Consensus Document: the clinical management of chronic ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J Suppl 2017; 19:D163-D189. [PMID: 28533729 PMCID: PMC5421493 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sux021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) is a clinical entity of great epidemiological importance. It is becoming increasingly common due to the longer life expectancy, being strictly related to age and to advances in diagnostic techniques and pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Stable CAD encompasses a variety of clinical and anatomic presentations, making the identification of its clinical and anatomical features challenging. Therapeutic interventions should be defined on an individual basis according to the patient's risk profile. To this aim, management flow charts have been reviewed based on sustainability and appropriateness derived from recent evidence. Special emphasis has been placed on non-pharmacological interventions, stressing the importance of lifestyle changes, including smoking cessation, regular physical activity, and diet. Adherence to therapy as an emerging risk factor is also discussed.
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- Carmine Riccio
- Cardiovascular Science Department, A.O. Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano, Via Palasciano, 1 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Ospedale Garibaldi-Nesima, Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale e Alta Specializzazione “Garibaldi”, Catania, Italy
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- CCU Unit, Department of Cardiology, Presidio Ospedaliero San Filippo Neri, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiology Department, A.O. Santa Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
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- Intensive Integrated Cardiology Department, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, A.O. San Giovanni-Addolorata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Ospedale Ca’ Foncello, Treviso, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Versilia, Lido di Camaiore, Lucca, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, A.O.U. Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
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Park SJ, Chung S, Chang SA, Choi JO, Choi JH, Lee SC, Park SW. Independent and incremental prognostic value of exercise stress echocardiography in low cardiovascular risk female patients with chest pain. Echocardiography 2016; 34:69-77. [DOI: 10.1111/echo.13388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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- Sung-Ji Park
- Division of Cardiology; Cardiovascular Imaging Center; Heart Vascular Stroke Institute; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Division of Cardiology; Cardiovascular Imaging Center; Heart Vascular Stroke Institute; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Division of Cardiology; Cardiovascular Imaging Center; Heart Vascular Stroke Institute; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Division of Cardiology; Cardiovascular Imaging Center; Heart Vascular Stroke Institute; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Division of Cardiology; Cardiovascular Imaging Center; Heart Vascular Stroke Institute; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Division of Cardiology; Cardiovascular Imaging Center; Heart Vascular Stroke Institute; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Division of Cardiology; Cardiovascular Imaging Center; Heart Vascular Stroke Institute; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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Gurunathan S, Ahmed A, Pabla J, Karogiannis N, Hua A, Young G, Nalin Shah B, Senior R. The clinical efficacy and long-term prognostic value of stress echocardiography in octogenarians. Heart 2016; 103:517-523. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Revised: 09/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Zacharias K, Ahmed A, Shah BN, Gurunathan S, Young G, Acosta D, Senior R. Relative clinical and economic impact of exercise echocardiography vs. exercise electrocardiography, as first line investigation in patients without known coronary artery disease and new stable angina: a randomized prospective study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016; 18:195-202. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vrints CJ, Senior R, Crea F, Sechtem U. Assessing suspected angina: requiem for coronary computed tomography angiography or exercise electrocardiogram? Eur Heart J 2016; 38:1792-1800. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Zacharias K, Ahmadvazir S, Ahmed A, Shah BN, Acosta D, Senior R. Relative diagnostic, prognostic and economic value of stress echocardiography versus exercise electrocardiography as initial investigation for the detection of coronary artery disease in patients with new onset suspected angina. IJC HEART & VASCULATURE 2015; 7:124-130. [PMID: 28785660 PMCID: PMC5497249 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Objectives We hypothesised that stress echocardiography (SE), may be superior to exercise ECG (ExECG), for predicting CAD and outcome, and cost-beneficial, when performed as initial investigation in newly suspected angina. Methods All patients seen in 2011, with suspected angina, no history of CAD, pre-test likelihood of CAD of > 10% and who underwent SE or ExECG as first line were identified retrospectively. Cost to diagnosis was calculated by adding the cost of all tests, up to and including coronary angiography (CA), on an intention-to-treat basis. Follow-up data on cardiac death and myocardial infarction (MI) were collected, 26 months after the presentation of the last study patient. Results A total of 456 patients underwent ExECG (224 (49%) negative, 93 (20%) positive, 139 (31%) inconclusive) and 241 underwent SE (200 (83%) negative, 35 (15%) positive, 6 (2%) inconclusive) as first line. In patients subsequently undergoing CA, CAD was present in 46% (37/80) of patients with positive ExECG vs. 72% (23/32) patients with positive SE (p = 0.01). Mean cost to diagnosis was £456 for the ExECG vs. £360 for the SE group (p = 0.002). Over a mean follow-up period of 31 ± 5 months, cardiac events were 2% each in negative SE vs. negative ExECG (p = 0.9). Conclusions SE is superior to ExECG for prediction of CAD and is cost-beneficial when used as initial test in patients with no history of CAD presenting with suspected angina.
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- Konstantinos Zacharias
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Institute for Medical Research, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK.,Centre for Health Informatics and Multi-professional Education, University College London, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Institute for Medical Research, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Institute for Medical Research, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Institute for Medical Research, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics and Multi-professional Education, University College London, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Institute for Medical Research, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK.,Cardiovascular, Biomedical Research Unit, Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Picard MH, Friedrich MG, Kwong RY, Stone GW, Senior R, Min JK, Hachamovitch R, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Mieres JH, Marwick TH, Phillips LM, Chaudhry FA, Pellikka PA, Slomka P, Arai AE, Iskandrian AE, Bateman TM, Heller GV, Miller TD, Nagel E, Goyal A, Borges-Neto S, Boden WE, Reynolds HR, Hochman JS, Maron DJ, Douglas PS. Comparative definitions for moderate-severe ischemia in stress nuclear, echocardiography, and magnetic resonance imaging. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 7:593-604. [PMID: 24925328 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The lack of standardized reporting of the magnitude of ischemia on noninvasive imaging contributes to variability in translating the severity of ischemia across stress imaging modalities. We identified the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) death or myocardial infarction (MI) associated with ≥10% ischemic myocardium on stress nuclear imaging as the risk threshold for stress echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. A narrative review revealed that ≥10% ischemic myocardium on stress nuclear imaging was associated with a median rate of CAD death or MI of 4.9%/year (interquartile range: 3.75% to 5.3%). For stress echocardiography, ≥3 newly dysfunctional segments portend a median rate of CAD death or MI of 4.5%/year (interquartile range: 3.8% to 5.9%). Although imprecisely delineated, moderate-severe ischemia on cardiac magnetic resonance may be indicated by ≥4 of 32 stress perfusion defects or ≥3 dobutamine-induced dysfunctional segments. Risk-based thresholds can define equivalent amounts of ischemia across the stress imaging modalities, which will help to translate a common understanding of patient risk on which to guide subsequent management decisions.
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- Leslee J Shaw
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiac Imaging/Nuclear Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital, Manhasset, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Menzies Research Institute of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Division of Radiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
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Ahmadvazir S, Zacharias K, Shah BN, Pabla JS, Senior R. Role of simultaneous carotid ultrasound in patients undergoing stress echocardiography for assessment of chest pain with no previous history of coronary artery disease. Am Heart J 2014; 168:229-36. [PMID: 25066563 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND We prospectively explored prevalence of carotid disease (CD), its independent association with coronary artery disease (CAD) and outcome as well as potential impact on management, in patients undergoing stress echocardiography (SE) for new onset chest pain without known CAD. METHODS Accordingly, 591 consecutive patients referred for SE underwent carotid ultrasound. Carotid disease was defined as carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) >75th percentile for age and sex and/or presence of plaque. RESULTS Myocardial ischemia was demonstrated in only a minority (11%), but there was a high prevalence of CD (70%). Incidence of CD was similar in patients with and without ischemia (76% versus 69%, P = .26). Carotid data led to reclassification of Framingham risk score categories in 65% of patients as well as more than a third of negative SE patients potentially benefitting from primary prevention therapy. Of the 83 patients undergoing coronary arteriography, 59 (71%) demonstrated coronary atherosclerosis (any atheroma) and 33 (40%) CAD. Positive predictive value of SE for CAD was 56%, but presence of carotid plaque improved it to 70%. Although both CD and plaque showed association with CAD and revascularization, after adjustment for conventional risk factors, only carotid plaque maintained significant association (P = .024 and P = .023, respectively). CONCLUSIONS There is significantly higher prevalence of CD compared with myocardial ischemia in patients undergoing SE and carotid ultrasound for suspected CAD. This can lead to significant Framingham risk score reclassification with important primary prevention implications. Carotid plaque is superior to clinical assessment for the prediction of CAD and improves positive predictive value of SE for CAD in these patients.
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Prognostic value of myocardial ischemic electrocardiographic response in patients with normal stress echocardiographic study. Am J Cardiol 2014; 113:945-9. [PMID: 24440328 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.11.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The prognostic value of ST-segment depression on exercise electrocardiogram (eECG) in the setting of a normal wall motion response in a stress echocardiographic study is not well defined. The aim of the study was to compare outcomes among patients with normal wall motion during stress echocardiography with and without ischemic exercise electrocardiographic changes. A total of 4,233 patients underwent stress echocardiography from 2007 to 2010. The primary outcomes were a composite of all-cause mortality and myocardial infarction. Coronary revascularization was a secondary outcome. A Cox regression model was used for the primary analysis. Ischemic exercise electrocardiographic changes were defined as ST-segment depression of at least 1 mm, on at least 3 consecutive beats, and in at least 2 contiguous leads. A normal stress echocardiogram was present in 2,975 patients; of them, 2,228 (74%) had a normal eECG and 747 (26%) had ischemic changes on eECG. Patients with and without ischemic changes during exercise electrocardiography were similar in age and gender. At 4-years follow-up, 36 patients (2.8%) with a normal eECG experienced a primary end point versus 12 patients (1.9%) in the group with an ischemic exercise electrocardiographic response (p = 0.56). The rate of coronary revascularization was similar between the groups (7.0% and 5.7%, respectively, p = 0.2). There were no differences in the primary outcomes of patients with and without exercise electrocardiographic changes and normal stress echocardiogram (hazard ratio 1.33, 95% confidence interval 0.69 to 2.58). In conclusion, a normal wall motion response even in the setting of an ischemic exercise electrocardiographic response portends a benign prognosis in patients undergoing stress echocardiography.
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Montalescot G, Sechtem U, Achenbach S, Andreotti F, Arden C, Budaj A, Bugiardini R, Crea F, Cuisset T, Di Mario C, Ferreira JR, Gersh BJ, Gitt AK, Hulot JS, Marx N, Opie LH, Pfisterer M, Prescott E, Ruschitzka F, Sabaté M, Senior R, Paul Taggart D, van der Wall EE, Vrints CJ, Luis Zamorano J, Achenbach S, Baumgartner H, Bax JJ, Bueno H, Dean V, Deaton C, Erol C, Fagard R, Ferrari R, Hasdai D, Hoes AW, Kirchhof P, Knuuti J, Kolh P, Lancellotti P, Linhart A, Nihoyannopoulos P, Piepoli MF, Ponikowski P, Anton Sirnes P, Luis Tamargo J, Tendera M, Torbicki A, Wijns W, Windecker S, Knuuti J, Valgimigli M, Bueno H, Claeys MJ, Donner-Banzhoff N, Erol C, Frank H, Funck-Brentano C, Gaemperli O, González-Juanatey JR, Hamilos M, Hasdai D, Husted S, James SK, Kervinen K, Kolh P, Dalby Kristensen S, Lancellotti P, Pietro Maggioni A, Piepoli MF, Pries AR, Romeo F, Rydén L, Simoons ML, Anton Sirnes P, Gabriel Steg P, Timmis A, Wijns W, Windecker S, Yildirir A, Luis Zamorano J. Guía de Práctica Clínica de la ESC 2013 sobre diagnóstico y tratamiento de la cardiopatía isquémica estable. Rev Esp Cardiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Earls JP, Woodard PK, Abbara S, Akers SR, Araoz PA, Cummings K, Cury RC, Dorbala S, Hoffmann U, Hsu JY, Jacobs JE, Min JK. ACR Appropriateness Criteria Asymptomatic Patient at Risk for Coronary Artery Disease. J Am Coll Radiol 2014; 11:12-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Montalescot G, Sechtem U, Achenbach S, Andreotti F, Arden C, Budaj A, Bugiardini R, Crea F, Cuisset T, Di Mario C, Ferreira JR, Gersh BJ, Gitt AK, Hulot JS, Marx N, Opie LH, Pfisterer M, Prescott E, Ruschitzka F, Sabaté M, Senior R, Taggart DP, van der Wall EE, Vrints CJM, Zamorano JL, Achenbach S, Baumgartner H, Bax JJ, Bueno H, Dean V, Deaton C, Erol C, Fagard R, Ferrari R, Hasdai D, Hoes AW, Kirchhof P, Knuuti J, Kolh P, Lancellotti P, Linhart A, Nihoyannopoulos P, Piepoli MF, Ponikowski P, Sirnes PA, Tamargo JL, Tendera M, Torbicki A, Wijns W, Windecker S, Knuuti J, Valgimigli M, Bueno H, Claeys MJ, Donner-Banzhoff N, Erol C, Frank H, Funck-Brentano C, Gaemperli O, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Hamilos M, Hasdai D, Husted S, James SK, Kervinen K, Kolh P, Kristensen SD, Lancellotti P, Maggioni AP, Piepoli MF, Pries AR, Romeo F, Rydén L, Simoons ML, Sirnes PA, Steg PG, Timmis A, Wijns W, Windecker S, Yildirir A, Zamorano JL. 2013 ESC guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J 2013; 34:2949-3003. [PMID: 23996286 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2900] [Impact Index Per Article: 263.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Nihoyannopoulos P, Vanoverschelde JL. Myocardial ischaemia and viability: the pivotal role of echocardiography. Eur Heart J 2011; 32:810-9. [PMID: 21297129 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Echocardiography has a central role for the diagnosis and management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Besides the fact that it provides an essential role in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with chest pain in the emergency department, echocardiography provides a comprehensive non-invasive haemodynamic and functional assessment of those patients. Stress echocardiography in many institutions is now the preferred stress modality associated with imaging as it is cost-effective and does not use ionizing radiation. It is used for assessing patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, risk stratification and for assessing myocardial viability. The recent introductions of ultrasound contrast agents as well as deformation imaging techniques have eliminated the last limitations of stress echocardiography such as image quality and quantification, respectively.
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