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Madsen KT, Noergaard BL, Oevrehus KA, Parner E, Jensen JM, Grove EL, Fairbairn TA, Nieman K, Patel M, Rogers C, Mickley H, Rohold A, Boetker HE, Leipsic J, Sand NPR. Prognostic value of FFRCT in patients with stable chest pain – a 3-year follow-up of the ADVANCE-DK registry. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
The short-term safety of using coronary CT angiography (CTA) derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) to guide downstream testing after CTA is well documented. Whether the prognostic information provided by FFRCT can be extended to sustained follow-up and to patients with a high degree of coronary artery calcification (CAC) is unknown.
Purpose
To evaluate the association between FFRCT and clinical outcomes in new onset stable symptomatic patients with coronary stenosis up to 3 years after CTA index testing.
Methods
Multicenter 3-year follow-up study of 900 patients from the Assessing Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive FFRCT in Coronary Care (ADVANCE) registry at three Danish sites, the “ADVANCE-DK Registry”. All patients had at least one ≥30% coronary stenosis by CTA and underwent subsequent core laboratory FFRCT analysis by HeartFlow. The criterium for an abnormal FFRCT test result was an FFRCT value ≤0.80 (2 cm distal to stenosis). High CAC was defined as a CAC score ≥400. The primary endpoint (PE) was a composite of all-cause death and spontaneous myocardial infarction (MI). The secondary endpoint (SE) was a composite of cardiovascular (CV) death and spontaneous MI. Events were adjudicated by an independent clinical committee.
Results
Patient characteristics are given in Table 1. Coronary stenosis ≥50% was present in 750 (83%) patients. In total 36 patients suffered a PE (all-cause death, n=24; MI, n=12) and 22 an SE (CV death, n=10; MI, n=12). An abnormal vs a normal FFRCT test result was associated with an increased risk of the PE and of the SE both overall and in patients with high CAC; PE (all), 6.6% vs 2.1%, relative risk (RR): 3.1; 95% CI: 1.6–6.3, p<0.001, SE (all), 5.0% vs 0.6%, RR: 8.7; 95% CI: non assessable, p<0.001, PE (high CAC), 9.0% vs 2.2%, RR: 4.1; 85% CI: 1.4–11.8, p=0.001, and SE (high CAC), 6.6% vs 0.5%, RR: 12.0; 95% CI: non assessable, p=0.01, respectively, Figure 1. The observed increased risk in patients with an abnormal vs a normal FFRCT test result persisted after adjustment for degree of stenosis by CCTA (< / ≥50%) and amount of CAC (< / ≥400): PE, adjusted RR: 2.5; 95% CI: 1.2–5.2, p=0.02, and SE, adjusted RR: 8.0; 95% CI: 2.1–30.2, p=0.002.
Conclusion
Patients with stable chest pain, stenosis by CTA and a normal FFRCT test result have a low risk of adverse outcomes during 3 years of follow-up. An abnormal FFRCT identifies patients at increased risk of death or spontaneous MI. These associations are consistent in patients with high levels of CAC.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- K T Madsen
- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Odense , Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Public Health, Section for Biostatistics , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Liverpool , United Kingdom
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology , Stanford , United States of America
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- Duke University, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine , Durham , United States of America
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- HeartFlow inc., Redwood City , California , United States of America
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Odense , Denmark
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- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- St Paul's Hospital, Department of Radiology , Vancouver , Canada
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- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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Madsen KT, Noergaard BL, Oevrehus KA, Parner E, Jensen JM, Grove EL, Fairbairn TA, Nieman K, Patel M, Rogers C, Mickley H, Thomsen KK, Boetker HE, Leipsic J, Sand NPR. FFRCT and recurrent symptoms in patients with stable chest pain. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction
The major benefit of coronary revascularization when compared with optimal medical treatment (OMT) in patients with stable chest pain (CP) relates to improvement of symptoms and reduction of reinterventions. Non-invasive methods are warranted to discriminate between patients at low and high risk of recurrent CP for subsequent guidance of antianginal treatment (invasive or OMT).
Purpose
To evaluate the association between coronary CT angiography (CTA) derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT), recurrent CP and quality of life (QOL) in patients with new onset stable CP and stenosis by CTA.
Methods
Multicenter cohort 3-year follow-up sub-study of 769 patients from the Assessing Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive FFRCT in Coronary Care (ADVANCE) registry at three Danish sites, the “ADVANCE-DK Registry”. All patients had at least one ≥30% coronary stenosis by CTA and underwent subsequent core laboratory FFRCT analysis by HeartFlow. An abnormal FFRCT was defined as the lowest in vessel FFRCT value ≤0.80. Patients were classified according to completeness of revascularization by FFRCT: 1) completely revascularized (CR-FFRCT), all coronary arteries with an abnormal FFRCT test result revascularized; 2) incompletely revascularized (IR-FFRCT), ≥1 coronary artery with an abnormal FFRCT test result not revascularized. All patients completed the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ-7), the EuroQol questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) and graded (0–100) overall health using the EQ VAS scale at 3-year follow-up. Recurrent CP was defined as CP within the last 4 weeks prior to this follow-up.
Results
Patient characteristics are given in Table 1. At follow-up 23% patients reported recurrent CP. An abnormal vs a normal FFRCT increased the risk of recurrent CP, 27% vs 15%, RR: 1.82; 95% CI: 1.31–2.52, p<0.001. Amongst patients with abnormal FFRCT, revascularization (+/−) was associated to a numerical, but not statistical significantly, reduced risk of recurrent CP, 23% vs 30%, RR: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.56–1.03, p=0.07. IR-FFRCT vs CR-FFRCT had a higher risk for recurrent CP, 31% vs 13%, RR: 2.34; 95% CI: 1.48–3.68, p<0.001, whilst no difference was observed for CR-FFRCT vs normal FFRCT, 13% vs 15%, RR: 0.92; 95% CI: 0.54–1.54, p=0.74. IR-FFRCT vs CR-FFRCT or normal FFRCT, had lower SAQ-7, EQ-5D-5L and EQ-VAS scores, Table 1, all p<0.005. Scores for three selected SAQ-7 domains are shown in Figure 1. Use of antianginal medicine was higher in IR-FFRCT compared to CR-FFRCT and normal FFRCT, mean ± SD: 1.2±0.05 vs 1.0±0.04, p=0.02.
Conclusion
An abnormal FFRCT identifies patients with an increased risk of recurrent CP up to 3 years after index testing. Completeness of revascularization by FFRCT reclassifies patients with abnormal FFRCT into groups with low and high risk for recurrent CP and impaired QOL.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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Affiliation(s)
- K T Madsen
- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Odense , Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Public Health, Section for Biostatistics , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Liverpool , United Kingdom
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology , Stanford , United States of America
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- Duke University, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine , Durham , United States of America
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- HeartFlow inc., Redwood City , California , United States of America
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Odense , Denmark
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- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- St Paul's Hospital, Department of Radiology , Vancouver , Canada
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- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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Madsen KT, Noergaard BL, Oevrehus KA, Parner E, Jensen JM, Grove EL, Fairbairn TA, Nieman K, Patel M, Rogers C, Mickley H, Rohold A, Boetker HE, Leipsic J, Sand NPR. Completeness of revascularization by FFRCT and prognosis in stable chest pain. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction
Major randomized trials of patients with stable chest pain (CP) demonstrated no prognostic benefits of coronary revascularization over optimal medical treatment (OMT). However, in a recent large-scale study, completeness of revascularization was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause death and non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI).
Purpose
To evaluate the association between completeness of revascularization relative to the result of coronary CT angiography (CTA) derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) and 3-year prognosis in patients with new onset stable CP and coronary stenosis.
Methods
Multicenter cohort 3-year follow-up sub-study of 900 patients from the Assessing Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive FFRCT in Coronary Care (ADVANCE) registry at three Danish sites, the “ADVANCE-DK Registry”. All patients had at least one ≥30% coronary stenosis by CTA and underwent subsequent core laboratory FFRCT analysis by HeartFlow. The FFRCT result was abnormal when ≤0.80 (2 cm distal to stenosis). Patients were classified according to completeness of revascularization by FFRCT: 1) completely revascularized (CR-FFRCT), all coronary arteries with an abnormal FFRCT test result revascularized; 2) incompletely revascularized (IR-FFRCT), ≥1 coronary artery with an abnormal FFRCT test result not revascularized. The primary endpoint (PE) was a composite of all-cause death and spontaneous MI. The secondary endpoint (SE) was a composite of cardiovascular (CV) death and spontaneous MI.
Results
Patient characteristics are given in Table 1. In total 36 (4.0%) patients suffered a PE (all-cause death, n=24; MI, n=12) and 22 (2.4%) an SE (CV death, n=10; MI, n=12). Overall, an abnormal vs a normal FFRCT test result was associated with an increased risk of both the PE, 6.6% vs 2.1%, relative risk (RR): 3.1; 95% CI: 1.6–6.3, p<0.001 and of the SE, 5.0% vs 0.6%, RR: 8.7; 95% CI: non assessable, p<0.001. In patients with abnormal FFRCT, revascularization vs no revascularization did not reduce the risk of the PE or the SE (data not shown). Patients with IR-FFRCT vs CR-FFRCT had a numerical, but not statistical significantly, increased risk of the PE, 8.6% vs 4.2%, RR: 2.14; 95% CI: 0.87–5.26, p=0.10), and an increased risk of the SE, 7.1% vs 2.4%, RR: 3.13; 95% CI: 1.02–9.63, p=0.04, Figure 1. In CR-FFRCT versus normal FFRCT no difference in the risk of the PE or the SE was observed, Figure 1. Univariate sensitivity analyses performed in the IR-FFRCT group did not reveal any differences in the risk of the PE or the SE after adjustment for neither statin therapy at follow-up (−/+), baseline risk variables (< / ≥3), amount of CAC (< / ≥400), degree of stenosis by CTA (< / ≥50%) nor referral to ICA (−/+).
Conclusion
In symptomatic patients with coronary stenosis by CTA, incomplete revascularization determined by FFRCT is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes compared to complete revascularization.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- K T Madsen
- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Odense , Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Public Health, Section for Biostatistics , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Liverpool , United Kingdom
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology , Stanford , United States of America
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- Duke University, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine , Durham , United States of America
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- HeartFlow inc., Redwood City , California , United States of America
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Odense , Denmark
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- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Aarhus , Denmark
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- St Paul's Hospital, Department of Radiology , Vancouver , Canada
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- University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Department of Cardiology , Esbjerg , Denmark
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Fyenbo D, Sommer A, Noergaard BL, Kronborg MB, Kristensen J, Gerdes C, Jensen HK, Jensen JM, Nielsen JC. No prognostic benefit of multimodality imaging-guided left ventricular lead placement in cardiac resynchronization therapy: Long-term follow-up of the ImagingCRT study. Europace 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euab116.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Aarhus University, the Danish Heart Foundation, Health Research Foundation of Central Denmark Region, and Gangstedfonden.
Background
Observational data indicate that left ventricular (LV) lead placement at the latest contracting region and separate from myocardial scar is associated with improved prognosis in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). In a double-blinded, randomized controlled trial (ImagingCRT), we tested the strategy of multimodality imaging-guided LV lead placement towards the latest mechanically activated non-scarred myocardial segment in CRT. Patients were included between 2011 and 2014 and allocated either to (1) imaging-guided LV lead placement using cardiac computed tomography, 99mTechnetium myocardial perfusion imaging, and speckle-tracking echocardiography (imaging group, n = 89) or to (2) routine LV lead implantation in a posterolateral region with late electrical activation (control group, n = 93). The multimodality imaging-guided strategy was found to reduce proportion of non-responders to CRT after 6 months. Impact on long-term clinical outcome is unknown.
Purpose
To evaluate the long-term effect of individualized multimodality imaging-guided LV lead placement compared to a routine fluoroscopic approach on the composite endpoint of death or heart failure (HF) hospitalization after CRT.
Method
We reviewed follow-up data until November 2020 for all 182 patients included in the ImagingCRT trial for the occurrence of HF hospitalization and all-cause death. Continuous variables are presented as median (interquartile range) or mean ± standard deviation. We used Kaplan-Meier plot and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis (unadjusted) to assess the risk of HF hospitalization and all-cause death, and used log-rank test for comparison between the two groups.
Results
All patients had standard CRT indication (left bundle branch block, New York Heart Association functional class II/ III/ IV 84 [46%]/ 92 [51%]/ 6 [3%], LV ejection fraction 25 ± 6%, QRS width 166 ± 22 milliseconds). Mean age was 70 ± 9 years, and 39 (21%) were female. During a median follow-up period of 6.7 years (3.3–7.9 years), the proportion of patients meeting the composite endpoint of HF hospitalization (n = 45 [25%]) or all-cause death (n = 56 [31%]) was 60% (n = 53) in the imaging group compared with 52% (n = 48) in the control group (hazard ratio [HR] 1.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.83–1.81, p = 0.31) (Figure 1).
Neither the risk of HF hospitalization (HR 1.11, 95% CI 0.62–1.99, p = 0.72) or of all-cause death differed between the two groups (HR 1.23, 95% CI 0.82–1.85, p = 0.32).
Conclusion
An individualized multimodality imaging-guided strategy targeting LV lead placement towards the latest mechanically activated non-scarred myocardial segment during CRT implantation did not reduce the composite outcome of HF hospitalization or all-cause death during long-term follow-up. Abstract Figure 1
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- D Fyenbo
- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aalborg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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Madsen KT, Veien KT, Noergaard BL, Larsen P, Deibjerg L, Husain M, Junker A, Kusk MW, Thomsen KK, Rohold A, Jensen LO, Sand NP. P6175Prediction of coronary revascularization by coronary computed tomography angiography derived fractional flow reserve - different algorithms for interpretation. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) derived fractional flow reserve (FFRct) is increasingly used for guiding referral to invasive procedures in patients with stable chest pain. However, optimal interpretation of FFRct-analysis in terms of location and threshold of applied FFRct-values is unclear.
Purpose
To evaluate the clinical performance of various vessel-specific physiological FFRct derived measures of ischemia for prediction of standard of care guided coronary revascularization in patients with stable chest pain and coronary artery disease as determined by coronary CTA.
Methods
Retrospective study in patients with stable chest pain referred for coronary angiography based on coronary CTA. Standard acquired coronary CTA data sets were transmitted for core-laboratory analysis at HeartFlow. Any FFRct value in the major coronary arteries ≥1.8 mm in diameter, including side branches, were registered. Lesions were categorized as positive for ischemia using 6 different algorithms: Lowest in vessel FFRct-value (1) ≤0.75 or (2) ≤0.80; 2 cm distal-to-lesion FFRct-value (3) ≤0.75 or (4) ≤0.80; ΔFFRct (5) ≥0.06 or a combination of 2 and 5. The personnel responsible for downstream patient management had no information regarding FFRct test results.
Results
A total of 172 patients were included. Revascularization was performed in 62 (35%) patients. The diagnostic performance of different FFRct algorithms for predicting standard of care guided coronary revascularization is shown in the Table.
Revascularization Predictions by FFRct N=172 Diagnostic performance FFRCT false negative FFRCT false positive Values given as (%) No. of revasc vessels No. of abnormal vessels FFRCT Algorithm Sens Spec PPV NPV Acc 1 2 3 1 2 3 Distal FFRCT ≤0.75 77 68 58 84 72 12 2 0 29 5 1 Distal FFRCT ≤0.80 92 43 48 90 61 5 0 0 40 20 3 Lesion-specific FFRCT ≤0.75 68 86 74 83 80 17 3 0 12 3 0 Lesion-specific FFRCT ≤0.80 82 78 68 89 80 10 2 0 21 3 1 ΔFFRCT ≥0.06 98 36 47 98 59 1 0 0 51 19 0 Combinationa 92 54 53 92 67 5 0 0 39 12 0 aDistal FFRCT ≤0.80 and ΔFFRCT ≥0.06. Sens = sensitivity; Spec = specificity; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; Acc = accuracy; FFRCT = fractional flow reserve derived from coronary CTA; ΔFFRCT = difference between FFRCT-value immediately proximal and distal to lesion; Revasc = revascularized.
Conclusion
The diagnostic performance of FFRct in terms of predicting standard of care guided coronary revascularization is dependent on the applied algorithm for interpretation of the FFRct-analysis.
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- K T Madsen
- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Odense, Denmark
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- Skejby University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- University of Southern Denmark, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Odense, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Odense, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Radiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Odense, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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Madsen KT, Noergaard BL, Veien KT, Larsen P, Husain M, Deibjerg L, Junker A, Kusk MW, Thomsen KK, Rohold A, Jensen LO, Sand NP. P6186Symptomatic effect of coronary revascularization at 1-year follow-up in stable chest pain - prediction by coronary computed tomography angiography derived fractional flow reserve. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) derived fractional flow reserve (FFRct) is increasingly being used for guiding referral to invasive procedures in patients with stable chest pain. However, the ability of FFRct to predict the symptomatic effect of revascularization remains unclear.
Purpose
To evaluate the ability of different vessel-specific physiological FFRct derived measures of ischemia for predicting the occurrence of chest pain one year after coronary revascularization in stable patients.
Methods
Retrospective study in patients with stable chest pain referred for coronary angiography based on coronary CTA. Standard acquired coronary CTA data sets were transmitted for core-laboratory analysis at HeartFlow. Patients were categorized as positive for ischemia using 3 different algorithms: Lowest in vessel FFRct-value ≤0.80; ΔFFRct ≥0.06 or a combination of the two. Personnel responsible for downstream patient management had no information on FFRct test results. Classification of revascularization was performed based on the applied FFRct algorithm: complete if all FFRct positive lesions were revascularized; incomplete if ≥1 FFRct positive lesion was not revascularized. Symptomatic status at 1-year follow-up was obtained by a visit in the outpatient clinic or by telephone.
Results
A total of 172 patients were included. Revascularization was performed in 62 (35%) patients. At 1-year follow-up 48 (28%) patients had chest pain; 15 (24%) revascularized vs 33 (30%) non-vascularized patients, p=0.415. No difference in utilization of anti-anginal medicine for patients with and without chest pain was registered at 1-year follow-up. The association between the chosen FFRct algorithm, revascularization and occurrence of chest pain at 1-year follow-up are shown in the Table.
FFRct, Revascularization and Chest pain FFRCT, Algorithm Revascularizationb Patients with chest pain 1-year risk of chest pain p-valuec N (%) OR (95%-CI) Distal FFRCT ≤0.80 Incomplete 32 (34) Ref. Distal FFRCT ≤0.80 Complete 4 (15) 0.34 (0.11, 1.06) Distal FFRCT >0.80 No 11 (24) 0.61 (0.27, 1.35) 0.097 ΔFFRCT ≥0.06 Incomplete 34 (35) Ref. ΔFFRCT ≥0.06 Complete 7 (21) 0.49 (0.19, 1.24) ΔFFRCT <0.06 No 7 (18) 0.41 (0.16, 1.03) 0.074 Combinationa abnormal Incomplete 30 (40) Ref. Combination abnormal Complete 6 (18) 0.32 (0.12, 0.87) Combination normal No 11 (19) 0.35 (0.16, 0.78) 0.009 aDistal FFRCT ≤0.80 and ΔFFRCT ≥0.06. bIncomplete (≥1 FFRCT positive lesion not revascularized); complete (All FFRCT positive lesions revascularized); No (No FFRCT positive lesions and revascularization not performed). cBetween group comparison performed using logistic regression.
Conclusion
Revascularization based on classification by FFRct is associated with symptomatic relief at 1-year follow-up in patients with stable chest pain.
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Affiliation(s)
- K T Madsen
- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Skejby University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Odense, Denmark
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- University of Southern Denmark, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Odense, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Odense, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Radiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Odense University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Odense, Denmark
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- University Hospital of South West Jutland, Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg, Denmark
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Kragholm K, Tayal B, Sejersen HM, Zaremba T, Noergaard BL, Boetker HE, Koeber L, Torp-Pedersen CT, Soegaard P, Freeman P. P2241Patients examined with coronary computed tomography angiography have comparable five-year outcomes to age- and sex-matched population controls. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
According to Danish national guidelines, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is the preferred frontline test in patients without known coronary artery disease (CAD) and stable symptoms indicative of CAD. Over the last decade in Denmark, we have seen a steadily and considerable increase in CCTA use. Data on long-term cardiovascular risk following CCTA remains limited, in particular in comparison to background population controls.
Purpose
To study individual and composite five-year outcomes of mortality, myocardial infarction (MI) and revascularization in CCTA-examined patients compared to background population controls.
Methods
Nationwide registry-based study including 58,176 patients with an incident CCTA examination during 2007–2014 in Denmark versus 116,352 age- and sex-matched population controls. Despite no detailed information on CCTA results were available, a landmark analysis including patients and corresponding controls alive six months post-CCTA enabled us to study five patient categories: 1) 19,135 patients with no relevant medical therapy (nitrates, cholesterol-lowering, antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant drugs) before or 180 days post-CCTA; 2) 6,073 patients on relevant medical therapy prior to but not 180 days post-CCTA; 3) 5,086 patients who initiated relevant medical therapy during 180 days post-CCTA; 4) 19,809 patients on relevant medical therapy both before and during 180 days post-CCTA; and 5) 8,073 patients with myocardial infarction (MI) or treated with percutaneous intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) within 180 days post-CCTA. Within each CCTA patient group, two controls matched on age and sex were identified for each CCTA patient. Neither CCTA-patients nor controls had prior ischemic heart disease.
Results
Outcomes of MI for CCTA patient groups 1)-5) versus controls were: 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.8%, 0.7%, and 11.4% versus 0.7%, 1.1%, 1.0%, 1.1%, and 1.5%. Corresponding figures for all-cause mortality were: 2.2%, 2.0%, 4.1%, 4.9%, and 6.8%, versus 2.1%, 2.8%, 4.2%, 4.3%, and 6.4%. For composite endpoint of MI, PCI or CABG, results for CCTA patients versus controls were: 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.8%, 0.7%, and 18.2% versus 0.9%, 1.3%, 1.2%, 1.4%, and 1.9%. Lastly, for composite endpoint of MI, PCI, CABG or death, results for CCTA patients versus controls were: 2.5%, 2.6%, 4.8%, 4.9%, and 24.2% versus 3.0%, 3.9%, 5.3%, 6.1%, and 8.0%.
Conclusions
Only the CCTA group treated with PCI or CABG or diagnosed with MI during the first 180 days post-CCTA had substantially higher five-year MI event rates and composite endpoints of MI, PCI or CABG and MI, PCI, CABG or death. In addition, no difference in five-year all-cause mortality was seen for all CCTA patient groups when compared to their respective controls. Altogether, the majority of CCTA-examined patients were event-free at five-year follow-up suggesting a potential overutilization of CCTA and a need for refinement of CCTA referral criteria.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Kragholm
- Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- North Denmark Regional Hospital, Hjørring, Denmark
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- Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
| | - P Freeman
- Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Kvist TV, Noergaard BL, Boetker HE, Mathiassen ON, Grove EL, Jensen JM. 3288CT-derived fractional flow reserve in patients with stable angina pectoris: A real world follow-up study. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.3288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- T V Kvist
- Aarhus University, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus, Denmark
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