Relationship between Different Degrees of Compression and Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Myocardial Bridge and the Risk Factors of Proximal Atherosclerosis

Retracted: Relationship between Different Degrees of Compression and Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Myocardial Bridge and the Risk Factors of Proximal Atherosclerosis

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2021/2087609.].

The relationship between CTA performances and cardiac function indicators in myocardial bridge and mural coronary artery

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the relationship between computed tomography angiography (CTA) performances and cardiac function indicators in patients with myocardial bridge and mural coronary artery (MB-MCA).

METHODS

The clinical data of 60 patients with MB-MCA receiving CTA in the First Hospital of Zhangjiakou from January 2021 to February 2022 were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were divided into different groups based on CTA performances, including the degree of stenosis of the left anterior descending (LAD) MCA, whether there was atherosclerosis in the anterior segment of MB of LAD branch, the MB thickness, and the degree of stenosis of the LAD branch. The correlation between these TCA performances and cardiac function indicators including end-systolic volume (ESV), end-diastolic volume (EDV), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was analyzed. Besides, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive performance of cardiac function indicators for the severity of MB-MCA.

RESULTS

ESV, EDV, SV, CO and LVEF were statistically different between the moderate stenosis group and mild stenosis group (all P < 0.05). EDV, SV, CO, and LVEF were statistically different between the atherosclerosis group and non-atherosclerosis group (all P < 0.05). SV, CO, LVEF in the deep group were lower than that in the superficial group (all P < 0.05). EDV, CO, LVEF were different between the LAD moderate stenosis group and LAD mild stenosis group (all P < 0.05). The AUC (areas under the curve) of combined detection of ESV, EDV, SV, CO, and LVEF in predicting the severity of MB-MCA was 0.907, which was higher than the single indicator predictive effect.

CONCLUSIONS

Cardiac function indicators, mainly CO and LVEF are correlated with the CTA performance of MB-MCA patients. The combination of cardiac function indicators has a good effect in predicting the severity of MB-MCA.

Assessment of myocardial bridging and the pericoronary fat attenuation index on coronary computed tomography angiography: predicting coronary artery disease risk

BACKGROUND

The fat attenuation index (FAI) is a radiological parameter that represents pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) inflammation, along with myocardial bridging (MB), which leads to pathological shear stress in the coronary vessels; both are associated with coronary atherosclerosis. In the present study, we assessed the predictive value of FAI values and MB parameters through coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for predicting the risk of coronary atherosclerosis and vulnerable plaque in patients with MB.

METHODS

We included 428 patients who underwent CCTA and were diagnosed with MB. FAI values, MB parameters, and high-risk coronary plaque (HRP) characteristics were recorded. The subjects were classified into two groups (A and B) according to the absence or presence of coronary plaque in the segment proximal to the MB. Group B was further divided into Groups B₁ (HRP-positive) and B₂ (HRP-negative) according to the HRP characteristic classification method. The differences among the groups were analysed. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the independent correlation between FAI values and MB parameters and coronary atherosclerosis and vulnerable plaque risk.

RESULTS

Compared to the subjects in Group A, those in Group B presented greater MB lengths, MB depths and muscle index values, more severe MB systolic stenosis and higher FAI_lesion values (all P < 0.05). In multivariate logistic analysis, age (OR 1.076, P < 0.001), MB systolic stenosis (OR 1.102, P < 0.001) and FAI_lesion values (OR 1.502, P < 0.001) were independent risk factors for the occurrence of coronary atherosclerosis. Compared to subjects in Group B₂, those in Group B₁ presented greater MB lengths and higher FAI values (both P < 0.05). However, only the FAI_lesion value was an independent factor for predicting HRP (OR 1.641, P < 0.001).

CONCLUSION

In patients with MB, MB systolic stenosis was associated with coronary plaque occurrence in the segment proximal to the MB. The FAI value was not only closely related to coronary atherosclerosis occurrence but also associated with plaque vulnerability. FAI values may provide more significant value in the prediction of coronary atherosclerosis than MB parameters in CCTA.