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Asano T, Tanigaki T, Hoshino M, Yasunaga M, Nonaka H, Emori H, Katagiri Y, Miyazaki Y, Sotomi Y, Kogame N, Kuramitsu S, Saito A, Miyata K, Takaoka Y, Kanie T, Yamasaki M, Yoshino K, Wakabayashi N, Ouchi K, Kodama H, Shiina Y, Tamaki R, Nishihata Y, Masuda K, Suzuki T, Reiber JHC, Okamura T, Higuchi Y, Kakuta T, Misumi H, Abe K, Komiyama N, Tanabe K, Matsuo H, Qfr Investigators OBOTD. Quantitative flow ratio versus fractional flow reserve for Heart Team decision-making in multivessel disease: the randomised, multicentre DECISION QFR trial. EUROINTERVENTION 2024; 20:561-570. [PMID: 38726719 PMCID: PMC11067723 DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-23-00674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Vessel-level physiological data derived from pressure wire measurements are one of the important determinant factors in the optimal revascularisation strategy for patients with multivessel disease (MVD). However, these may result in complications and a prolonged procedure time. AIMS The feasibility of using the quantitative flow ratio (QFR), an angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR), in Heart Team discussions to determine the optimal revascularisation strategy for patients with MVD was investigated. METHODS Two Heart Teams were randomly assigned either QFR- or FFR-based data of the included patients. They then discussed the optimal revascularisation mode (percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] or coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) for each patient and made treatment recommendations. The primary endpoint of the trial was the level of agreement between the treatment recommendations of both teams as assessed using Cohen's kappa. RESULTS The trial included 248 patients with MVD from 10 study sites. Cohen's kappa in the recommended revascularisation modes between the QFR and FFR approaches was 0.73 [95% confidence interval {CI} : 0.62-0.83]. As for the revascularisation planning, agreements in the target vessels for PCI and CABG were substantial for both revascularisation modes (Cohen's kappa=0.72 [95% CI: 0.66-0.78] and 0.72 [95% CI: 0.66-0.78], respectively). The team assigned to the QFR approach provided consistent recommended revascularisation modes even after being made aware of the FFR data (Cohen's kappa=0.95 [95% CI:0.90-1.00]). CONCLUSIONS QFR provided feasible physiological data in Heart Team discussions to determine the optimal revascularisation strategy for MVD. The QFR and FFR approaches agreed substantially in terms of treatment recommendations.
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- Taku Asano
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gifu Heart Center, Gifu, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Tsuchiura, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Tsuchiura, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gifu Heart Center, Gifu, Japan
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Poon EKW, Ninomiya K, Kageyama S, Guo X, Reimers B, Torii R, Dijkstra J, Bourantas CV, Reiber JHC, Barlis P, Onuma Y, Serruys PW. Two Facets of Shear Stress Post Drug Coating Balloon: Angiography Versus Optical Coherence Tomography Fusion Approach. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2024; 17:e016279. [PMID: 38516771 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.123.016279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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- Eric K W Poon
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Health and Science(E.K.W.P., P.B.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Ireland (K.N., S.K., Y.O., P.W.S.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Ireland (K.N., S.K., Y.O., P.W.S.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (X.G., P.W.S.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Center, IRCCS (Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy (B.R.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom (R.T.)
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.D., J.H.C.R.)
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- Device and Innovation Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom (C.V.B.)
- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom (C.V.B.)
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.D., J.H.C.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Health and Science(E.K.W.P., P.B.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Ireland (K.N., S.K., Y.O., P.W.S.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (X.G., P.W.S.), University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Ireland (K.N., S.K., Y.O., P.W.S.)
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Çap M, Ramasamy A, Parasa R, Tanboga IH, Maung S, Morgan K, Yap NAL, Abou Gamrah M, Sokooti H, Kitslaar P, Reiber JHC, Dijkstra J, Torii R, Moon JC, Mathur A, Baumbach A, Pugliese F, Bourantas CV. Efficacy of human experts and an automated segmentation algorithm in quantifying disease pathology in coronary computed tomography angiography: A head-to-head comparison with intravascular ultrasound imaging. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2024; 18:142-153. [PMID: 38143234 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2023.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) analysis is currently performed by experts and is a laborious process. Fully automated edge-detection methods have been developed to expedite CCTA segmentation however their use is limited as there are concerns about their accuracy. This study aims to compare the performance of an automated CCTA analysis software and the experts using near-infrared spectroscopy-intravascular ultrasound imaging (NIRS-IVUS) as a reference standard. METHODS Fifty-one participants (150 vessels) with chronic coronary syndrome who underwent CCTA and 3-vessel NIRS-IVUS were included. CCTA analysis was performed by an expert and an automated edge detection method and their estimations were compared to NIRS-IVUS at a segment-, lesion-, and frame-level. RESULTS Segment-level analysis demonstrated a similar performance of the two CCTA analyses (conventional and automatic) with large biases and limits of agreement compared to NIRS-IVUS estimations for the total atheroma (ICC: 0.55 vs 0.25, mean difference:192 (-102-487) vs 243 (-132-617) and percent atheroma volume (ICC: 0.30 vs 0.12, mean difference: 12.8 (-5.91-31.6) vs 20.0 (0.79-39.2). Lesion-level analysis showed that the experts were able to detect more accurately lesions than the automated method (68.2 % and 60.7 %) however both analyses had poor reliability in assessing the minimal lumen area (ICC 0.44 vs 0.36) and the maximum plaque burden (ICC 0.33 vs 0.33) when NIRS-IVUS was used as the reference standard. CONCLUSIONS Conventional and automated CCTA analyses had similar performance in assessing coronary artery pathology using NIRS-IVUS as a reference standard. Therefore, automated segmentation can be used to expedite CCTA analysis and enhance its applications in clinical practice.
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- Murat Çap
- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK; Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK; Department of Cardiology, The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon, UK
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- Istanbul Nisantasi University Medical School, Department of Cardiology & Biostatistics, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK
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- Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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- Medis Medical Imaging, Leiden, the Netherlands; Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
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Kageyama S, O'Leary N, Chenniganahosahalli Revaiah P, Ninomiya K, Masuda S, Kotoku N, Ilancheran N, Garg S, Harte E, Ni Bheolain G, Reiber JHC, Tu S, Zaman A, Sabaté M, Möllmann H, Sharif F, Lemoine J, Wlodarczak A, Onuma Y, Serruys PW, Multivessel Talent Trial Investigators OBOT. Quantitative flow ratio for the prediction of coronary events after percutaneous coronary intervention. EUROINTERVENTION 2024; 20:104-106. [PMID: 38165111 PMCID: PMC10756216 DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-23-00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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- Shigetaka Kageyama
- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Johannes Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, Clinique Louis Pasteur, Nancy, France
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- Department of Cardiology, The Copper Health Centre (MCZ), Lubin, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CORRIB Core Lab, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Revaiah PC, Kageyama S, Masuda S, Ninomiya K, Kotoku N, Wang B, He X, Tsai TY, Garg S, Mushtaq S, Reiber JHC, Leaman DM, Bax JJ, Budoff MJ, Andreini D, Serruys PW, Onuma Y. Inter- and intra-observer reproducibility of CT-Leaman score by an independent core lab. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:2269-2277. [PMID: 37875690 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02962-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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To assess the reproducibility of CT-based Leaman score (CT-LeSc). CT-LeSc can non-invasively quantify total coronary atherosclerotic burden and is an independent long-term predictor of cardiac events. Its calculation however relies on the subjective assessment of lesions using coronary computed tomography angiography and therefore is subject to intra- and inter-observer variability. Inter-observer reproducibility was assessed by calculating the CT-LeSc in 50 patients randomly selected from the SYNTAX III REVOLUTION and ABSORB trials by two separate teams, each made up of two cardiologists, who reported results by consensus. For intra-observer reproducibility, the CT-LeSc was calculated in same 50 patients on two occasions eight weeks apart, by the same team of two cardiologists. The level of agreement was measured by the weighted kappa statistic, with intra- and inter-observer variability used to evaluate the CT-LeSc's reproducibility. The variables evaluated by weighted kappa statistics were total number of lesions; number of calcified lesions; number of non-calcified lesions; number of mixed lesions; number of obstructive lesions; number of non-obstructive lesions; and the total CT-LeSc in increments of ten and five. During assessment of inter-observer variability the mean ± standard deviation (SD) CT-LeSc calculated by the first and second team was 15.36 ± 5.57 versus 15.24 ± 5.16. The mean of the differences (precision) was 0.97, with a SD (accuracy) 1.17. The inter-observer variability was lowest for Leaman score in increments of five (weighted kappa 0.93), and highest for the total number of calcified lesions (weighted kappa 0.66). During assessment of intra-observer variability, the mean ± SD CT-LeSc were 16.61 ± 5.28 versus 16.82 ± 5.55. The mean ± SD of the differences was 1.28 ± 1.02. The intra-observer variability was the lowest for Leaman score in increments of five (weighted kappa 0.93), and the highest for the total number of lesions and calcified lesions (weighted kappa 0.65). CT-LeSc has substantial to near-perfect agreement for reproducibility.
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- Pruthvi C Revaiah
- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, UK
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- Department of Perioperative Cardiology and Cardiovascular Imaging, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Milton Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging, IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
- Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory (CORRIB) (Cardiovascular Imaging and Atherosclerosis), University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland.
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- CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
- Interventional Medicine and Innovation, Cardiovascular Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Lab (CORRIB) Research Centre, Investigator of the Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI), University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland.
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Poon EKW, Wu X, Dijkstra J, O'Leary N, Torii R, Reiber JHC, Bourantas CV, Barlis P, Onuma Y, Serruys PW. Angiography and optical coherence tomography derived shear stress: are they equivalent in my opinion? Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:1953-1961. [PMID: 37733283 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02949-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Advances in image reconstruction using either single or multimodality imaging data provide increasingly accurate three-dimensional (3D) patient's arterial models for shear stress evaluation using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). We aim to evaluate the impacts on endothelial shear stress (ESS) derived from a simple image reconstruction using 3D-quantitative coronary angiography (3D-QCA) versus a multimodality reconstruction method using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients' vessels treated with bioresorbable scaffolds. Seven vessels at baseline and five-year follow-up of seven patients from a previous CFD investigation were retrospectively selected for a head-to-head comparison of angiography-derived versus OCT-derived ESS. 3D-QCA significantly underestimated the minimum stent area [MSA] (-2.38mm2) and the stent length (-1.46 mm) compared to OCT-fusion method reconstructions. After carefully co-registering the region of interest for all cases with a sophisticated statistical method, the difference in MSA measurements as well as the inability of angiography to visualise the strut footprint in the lumen surface have translated to higher angiography-derived ESS than OCT-derived ESS (1.76 Pa or 1.52 times for the overlapping segment). The difference in ESS widened with a more restricted region of interest (1.97 Pa or 1.63 times within the scaffold segment). Angiography and OCT offer two distinctive methods of ESS calculation. Angiography-derived ESS tends to overestimate the ESS compared to OCT-derived ESS. Further investigations into ESS analysis resolution play a vital role in adopting OCT-derived ESS.
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- Eric K W Poon
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Device and Innovation Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
- Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, Galway, Ireland.
- School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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Reiber JHC. Editor's choice to the October 2023 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:1841-1843. [PMID: 37845407 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02982-z] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Ramasamy A, Sokooti H, Zhang X, Tzorovili E, Bajaj R, Kitslaar P, Broersen A, Amersey R, Jain A, Ozkor M, Reiber JHC, Dijkstra J, Serruys PW, Moon JC, Mathur A, Baumbach A, Torii R, Pugliese F, Bourantas CV. Novel near-infrared spectroscopy-intravascular ultrasound-based deep-learning methodology for accurate coronary computed tomography plaque quantification and characterization. Eur Heart J Open 2023; 3:oead090. [PMID: 37908441 PMCID: PMC10615127 DOI: 10.1093/ehjopen/oead090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Aims Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is inferior to intravascular imaging in detecting plaque morphology and quantifying plaque burden. We aim to, for the first time, train a deep-learning (DL) methodology for accurate plaque quantification and characterization in CCTA using near-infrared spectroscopy-intravascular ultrasound (NIRS-IVUS). Methods and results Seventy patients were prospectively recruited who underwent CCTA and NIRS-IVUS imaging. Corresponding cross sections were matched using an in-house developed software, and the estimations of NIRS-IVUS for the lumen, vessel wall borders, and plaque composition were used to train a convolutional neural network in 138 vessels. The performance was evaluated in 48 vessels and compared against the estimations of NIRS-IVUS and the conventional CCTA expert analysis. Sixty-four patients (186 vessels, 22 012 matched cross sections) were included. Deep-learning methodology provided estimations that were closer to NIRS-IVUS compared with the conventional approach for the total atheroma volume (ΔDL-NIRS-IVUS: -37.8 ± 89.0 vs. ΔConv-NIRS-IVUS: 243.3 ± 183.7 mm3, variance ratio: 4.262, P < 0.001) and percentage atheroma volume (-3.34 ± 5.77 vs. 17.20 ± 7.20%, variance ratio: 1.578, P < 0.001). The DL methodology detected lesions more accurately than the conventional approach (Area under the curve (AUC): 0.77 vs. 0.67, P < 0.001) and quantified minimum lumen area (ΔDL-NIRS-IVUS: -0.35 ± 1.81 vs. ΔConv-NIRS-IVUS: 1.37 ± 2.32 mm2, variance ratio: 1.634, P < 0.001), maximum plaque burden (4.33 ± 11.83% vs. 5.77 ± 16.58%, variance ratio: 2.071, P = 0.004), and calcific burden (-51.2 ± 115.1 vs. -54.3 ± 144.4, variance ratio: 2.308, P < 0.001) more accurately than conventional approach. The DL methodology was able to segment a vessel on CCTA in 0.3 s. Conclusions The DL methodology developed for CCTA analysis from co-registered NIRS-IVUS and CCTA data enables rapid and accurate assessment of lesion morphology and is superior to expert analysts (Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03556644).
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- Anantharaman Ramasamy
- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Centre for Evaluation and Methods, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Cale Street, London SW3 6LY, UK
- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK
- Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Reiber JHC. Editor's choice to the March 2023 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:463-464. [PMID: 36788183 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02812-2] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Johan H C Reiber
- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Leiden, Netherlands.
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Poon EKW, Ono M, Wu X, Dijkstra J, Sato Y, Kutyna M, Torii R, Reiber JHC, Bourantas CV, Barlis P, El-Kurdi MS, Cox M, Virmani R, Onuma Y, Serruys PW. An optical coherence tomography and endothelial shear stress study of a novel bioresorbable bypass graft. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2941. [PMID: 36805474 PMCID: PMC9941467 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29573-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Endothelial shear stress (ESS) plays a key role in the clinical outcomes in native and stented segments; however, their implications in bypass grafts and especially in a synthetic biorestorative coronary artery bypass graft are yet unclear. This report aims to examine the interplay between ESS and the morphological alterations of a biorestorative coronary bypass graft in an animal model. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation derived from the fusion of angiography and optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging was used to reconstruct data on the luminal anatomy of a bioresorbable coronary bypass graft with an endoluminal "flap" identified during OCT acquisition. The "flap" compromised the smooth lumen surface and considerably disturbed the local flow, leading to abnormally low ESS and high oscillatory shear stress (OSI) in the vicinity of the "flap". In the presence of the catheter, the flow is more stable (median OSI 0.02384 versus 0.02635, p < 0.0001; maximum OSI 0.4612 versus 0.4837). Conversely, OSI increased as the catheter was withdrawn which can potentially cause back-and-forth motions of the "flap", triggering tissue fatigue failure. CFD analysis in this report provided sophisticated physiological information that complements the anatomic assessment from imaging enabling a complete understanding of biorestorative graft pathophysiology.
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- Eric K. W. Poon
- grid.1008.90000 0001 2179 088XDepartment of Medicine, St Vincent’s & Northern Hospitals, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33 Ireland ,grid.7177.60000000084992262Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Heart Center, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33 Ireland ,grid.417384.d0000 0004 1764 2632Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- grid.10419.3d0000000089452978Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- grid.417701.40000 0004 0465 0326CVPath Institute, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD USA
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- grid.417701.40000 0004 0465 0326CVPath Institute, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD USA
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- grid.83440.3b0000000121901201Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- grid.10419.3d0000000089452978Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- grid.83440.3b0000000121901201Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK ,grid.416353.60000 0000 9244 0345Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, UK
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- grid.1008.90000 0001 2179 088XDepartment of Medicine, St Vincent’s & Northern Hospitals, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Xeltis BV, De Lismortel 31, 5612AR Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- grid.417701.40000 0004 0465 0326CVPath Institute, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33 Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33 Ireland ,grid.6906.90000000092621349Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, Galway, H91 TK33 Ireland
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Hirasawa K, Singh GK, Kuneman JH, Gegenava T, van der Kley F, Hautemann D, Reiber JHC, Ajmone Marsan N, Bax JJ, Delgado V. Feature-tracking computed tomography left atrial strain and long-term survival after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 24:327-335. [PMID: 35957528 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeac157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Aortic stenosis (AS) induces left atrial (LA) remodelling through the increase of left ventricular (LV) filling pressures. Peak LA longitudinal strain (PALS), reflecting LA reservoir function, has been proposed as a prognostic marker in patients with AS. Feature-tracking (FT) multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) allows assessment of LA strain from MDCT data. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between PALS using FT MDCT and survival in patients with severe AS who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 376 patients (mean age 80 ± 7 years, 53% male) who underwent MDCT before TAVI and had suitable data for assessment of PALS using dedicated FT software, were included. The patients were classified into four groups according to PALS quartiles; PALS > 19.3% (Q1, highest reservoir function), 15.0-19.3% (Q2), 9.1-14.9% (Q3), and ≤9.0% (Q4, lowest reservoir function). The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. During a median of 45 (22-68) months follow-up, 148 patients (39%) died. On multivariable Cox regression analysis, PALS was independently associated with all-cause mortality [hazard ratio (HR): 1.044, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.012-1.076, P = 0.006]. Compared with patients in Q1, patients in Q3 and Q4 were associated with higher risk of mortality after TAVI [HR: 2.262 (95% CI: 1.335-3.832), P = 0.002 for Q3, HR: 3.116 (95% CI: 1.864-5.210), P < 0.001 for Q4]. CONCLUSION PALS assessed with FT MDCT is independently associated with all-cause mortality after TAVI.
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- Kensuke Hirasawa
- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging BV, 2316 XG Leiden, The Netherlands.,LKEB, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.,Heart Center, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.,Heart Institute, Hospital University Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain
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Reiber JHC. Coronary computed tomography angiography-based endothelial wall shear stress in normal coronary arteries. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:255-256. [PMID: 36656449 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02797-y] [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: 01/20/2023]
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- Johan H C Reiber
- Dept. of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Smit JM, El Mahdiui M, de Graaf MA, Montero-Cabezas JM, Reiber JHC, Jukema JW, Scholte AJ, Knuuti J, Wijns W, Narula J, Bax JJ. Relation Between Coronary Plaque Composition Assessed by Intravascular Ultrasound Virtual Histology and Myocardial Ischemia Assessed by Quantitative Flow Ratio. Am J Cardiol 2023; 186:228-235. [PMID: 36333150 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.10.005] [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] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Coronary plaque composition may play an important role in the induction of myocardial ischemia. Our objective was to further clarify the relation between coronary plaque composition and myocardial ischemia in patients with chest pain symptoms. The study population consisted of 103 patients who presented to the outpatient clinic or emergency department with chest pain symptoms and were referred for diagnostic invasive coronary angiography. Intravascular ultrasound virtual histology was used for the assessment of coronary plaque composition. A noncalcified plaque was defined as a combination of necrotic core and fibrofatty tissue. Quantitative flow ratio (QFR), which is a coronary angiography-based technique used to calculate fractional flow reserve without the need for hyperemia induction or for a pressure wire, was used as the reference standard for the evaluation of myocardial ischemia. Coronary artery plaques with QFR of ≤0.80 were considered abnormal-that is, ischemia-generating. In total, 149 coronary plaques were analyzed, 21 of which (14%) were considered abnormal according to QFR. The percentage of noncalcified tissue was significantly higher in plaques with abnormal QFR (38.2 ± 6.5% vs 33.1 ± 9.0%, p = 0.014). After univariable analysis, both plaque load (odds ratio [OR] per 1% increase 1.081, p <0.001) and the percentage of noncalcified tissue (OR per 1% increase 1.070, p = 0.020) were significantly associated with reduced QFR. However, after multivariable analysis, only plaque load remained significantly associated with abnormal QFR (OR per 1% increase 1.072, p <0.001). In conclusion, the noncalcified plaque area was significantly higher in hemodynamically significant coronary lesions than in nonsignificant lesions. Although an increase in the noncalcified plaque area was significantly associated with a reduced QFR, this association lost significance after adjustment for localized plaque load.
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- Jeff M Smit
- Departments of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging, Leiden, The Netherlands; Departments of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Heart Center, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and Curam, National University of Ireland Galway and Saolta University Healthcare Group, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Division of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Departments of Cardiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Heart Center, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
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Reiber JHC. Editor's choice to the January 2023 issue : Angiography-derived index of microvascular resistance in Takotsubo syndrome. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:1-2. [PMID: 36543910 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02783-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Johan H C Reiber
- , Leiden, Netherlands.
- Dept of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Reiber JHC. Editor's choice to the December 2022 issue : Machine learning evaluation of LV outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using threechamber cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 38:2511-2512. [PMID: 36396751 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02758-x] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Reiber JHC. Editor's Choice to the Sept 2022 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 38:1883-1884. [PMID: 37726621 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02713-w] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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van Rosendael SE, Kuneman JH, van den Hoogen IJ, Kitslaar PH, van Rosendael AR, van der Bijl P, Reiber JHC, Ajmone Marsan N, Jukema JW, Knuuti J, Bax JJ. Vessel and sex differences in pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation obtained with coronary CT in individuals without coronary atherosclerosis. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 38:2781-2789. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02716-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AbstractPericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation, derived from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), is associated with coronary artery inflammation. Values for PCAT attenuation in men and women without atherosclerosis on CCTA are lacking. The aim of the current study was to assess the mean PCAT attenuation in individuals without coronary artery atherosclerosis on CCTA. Data on PCAT attenuation in men and women without coronary artery atherosclerosis on CCTA were included in this retrospective analysis. The PCAT attenuation was analyzed from the proximal part of the right coronary artery (RCA), the left anterior descending artery (LAD), and the left circumflex artery (LCx). For patient level analyses the mean PCAT attenuation was defined as the mean of the three coronary arteries. In 109 individuals (mean age 45 ± 13 years; 44% men), 320 coronary arteries were analyzed. The mean PCAT attenuation of the overall population was − 64.4 ± 8.0 HU. The mean PCAT attenuation was significantly lower in the LAD compared with the LCx and RCA (− 67.8 ± 7.8 HU vs − 62.6 ± 6.8 HU vs − 63.6 ± 7.9 HU, respectively, p < 0.001). In addition, the mean PCAT attenuation was significantly higher in men vs. women in all three coronary arteries (LAD: − 65.7 ± 7.6 HU vs − 69.4 ± 7.6 HU, p = 0.014; LCx: − 60.6 ± 7.4 HU vs − 64.3 ± 5.9 HU, p = 0.008; RCA: -61.7 ± 7.9 HU vs − 65.0 ± 7.7 HU, p = 0.029, respectively). The current study provides mean PCAT attenuation values, derived from individuals without CAD. Moreover, the mean PCAT attenuation is lower in women vs. men. Furthermore, the mean PCAT attenuation is significantly lower in the LAD vs LCx and RCA.
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Zhou J, Onuma Y, Garg S, Kotoku N, Kageyama S, Masuda S, Ninomiya K, Huo Y, Reiber JHC, Tu S, Piek JJ, Escaned J, Perera D, Bourantas C, Yan H, Serruys PW. Angiography derived assessment of the coronary microcirculation: is it ready for prime time? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2022; 20:549-566. [PMID: 35899781 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2022.2098117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Non-obstructive coronary arteries (NOCA) are present in 39.7% to 62.4% of patients who undergo elective angiography. Coronary microcirculation (<400 µm) is not visible on angiography therefore functional assessment, invasive or non-invasive plays a prior role to help provide a more personalized diagnosis of angina. AREA COVERED In this review, we revise the pathophysiology, clinical importance and invasive assessment of the coronary microcirculation, and discuss angiography-derived indices of microvascular resistance. A comprehensive literature review over four decades is also undertaken. EXPERT OPINION The coronary microvasculature plays an important role in flow autoregulation and metabolic regulation. Invasive assessment of microvascular resistance is a validated modality with independent prognostic value, nevertheless, its routine application is hampered by the requirement of intravascular instrumentation and hyperaemic agents. The angiography-derived index of microvascular resistance has emerged as a promising surrogate in pilot studies, however, more data are needed to validate and compare the diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of different equations as well as to illustrate the relationship between angiography-derived parameters for epicardial coronary arteries and those for the microvasculature.
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- Jinying Zhou
- National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China.,Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of CardiologyRoyal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution, Shenzhen, China; Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; Institute of Mechanobiology & Medical Engineering, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- School of Biomedical Engineering,Biomedical Instrument Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Complutense University of Madrid Hospital Clinico San Carlos IDISCC, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, China; Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Fuwai Hospital,, Beijing, China
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Loke YH, Capuano F, Kollar S, Cibis M, Kitslaar P, Balaras E, Reiber JHC, Pedrizzetti G, Olivieri L. Abnormal Diastolic Hemodynamic Forces: A Link Between Right Ventricular Wall Motion, Intracardiac Flow, and Pulmonary Regurgitation in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:929470. [PMID: 35911535 PMCID: PMC9329698 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.929470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Background and Objective The effect of chronic pulmonary regurgitation (PR) on right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (RTOF) patients is well recognized by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). However, the link between RV wall motion, intracardiac flow and PR has not been established. Hemodynamic force (HDF) represents the global force exchanged between intracardiac blood volume and endocardium, measurable by 4D flow or by a novel mathematical model of wall motion. In our study, we used this novel methodology to derive HDF in a cohort of RTOF patients, exclusively using routine CMR imaging. Methods RTOF patients and controls with CMR imaging were retrospectively included. Three-dimensional (3D) models of RV were segmented, including RV outflow tract (RVOT). Feature-tracking software (QStrain 2.0, Medis Medical Imaging Systems, Leiden, Netherlands) captured endocardial contours from long/short-axis cine and used to reconstruct RV wall motion. A global HDF vector was computed from the moving surface, then decomposed into amplitude/impulse of three directional components based on reference (Apical-to-Basal, Septal-to-Free Wall and Diaphragm-to-RVOT direction). HDF were compared and correlated against CMR and exercise stress test parameters. A subset of RTOF patients had 4D flow that was used to derive vorticity (for correlation) and HDF (for comparison against cine method). Results 68 RTOF patients and 20 controls were included. RTOF patients had increased diastolic HDF amplitude in all three directions (p<0.05). PR% correlated with Diaphragm-RVOT HDF amplitude/impulse (r = 0.578, p<0.0001, r = 0.508, p < 0.0001, respectively). RV ejection fraction modestly correlated with global HDF amplitude (r = 0.2916, p = 0.031). VO2-max correlated with Septal-to-Free Wall HDF impulse (r = 0.536, p = 0.007). Diaphragm-to-RVOT HDF correlated with RVOT vorticity (r = 0.4997, p = 0.001). There was no significant measurement bias between Cine-derived HDF and 4D flow-derived HDF by Bland-Altman analysis. Conclusion RTOF patients have abnormal diastolic HDF that is correlated to PR, RV function, exercise capacity and vorticity. HDF can be derived from conventional cine, and is a potential link between RV wall motion and intracardiac flow from PR in RTOF patients.
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- Yue-Hin Loke
- Department of Cardiology, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
- 3D Cardiac Visualization Laboratory, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Fluid Mechanics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- 3D Cardiac Visualization Laboratory, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Cardiology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Reiber JHC. Editor’s choice to the May 2022 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02621-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Reiber JHC. Editor’s Choice to the April 2022 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02610-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Miyata K, Asano T, Saito A, Abe K, Tanigaki T, Hoshino M, Kobayashi T, Takaoka Y, Kanie T, Yamasaki M, Yoshino K, Wakabayashi N, Ouchi K, Kodama H, Shiina Y, Tamaki R, Nishihata Y, Masuda K, Suzuki T, Nonaka H, Emori H, Katagiri Y, Miyazaki Y, Sotomi Y, Yasunaga M, Kogame N, Kuramitsu S, Reiber JHC, Okamura T, Higuchi Y, Kakuta T, Misumi H, Komiyama N, Matsuo H, Tanabe K. Heart Team risk assessment with angiography-derived fractional flow reserve determining the optimal revascularization strategy in patients with multivessel disease: Trial design and rationale for the DECISION QFR randomized trial. Clin Cardiol 2022; 45:605-613. [PMID: 35362109 PMCID: PMC9175249 DOI: 10.1002/clc.23821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Abstract
In patients with multivessel disease (MVD), functional information on lesions improves the prognostic capability of the SYNTAX score. Quantitative flow ratio (QFR®) is an angiography‐derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) that does not require a pressure wire or pharmacological hyperemia. We aimed to investigate the feasibility of QFR‐based patient information in Heart Teams' discussions to determine the optimal revascularization strategy for patients with MVD. We hypothesized that there is an acceptable agreement between treatment recommendations based on the QFR approach and recommendation based on the FFR approach. The DECISION QFR study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial that will include patients with MVD who require revascularization. Two Heart Teams comprising cardiologists and cardiac surgeons will be randomized to select a revascularization strategy (percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft) according to patient information either based on QFR or on FFR. All 260 patients will be assessed by both teams with reference to the anatomical and functional SYNTAX score/SYNTAX score II 2020 derived from the allocated physiological index (QFR or FFR). The primary endpoint of the trial is the level of agreement between the treatment recommendations of both teams, assessed using Cohen's κ. As of March 2022, the patient enrollment has been completed and 230 patients have been discussed in both Heart Teams. The current trial will indicate the usefulness of QFR, which enables a wireless multivessel physiological interrogation, in the discussions of Heart Teams to determine the optimal revascularization strategy for MVD.
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- Kotaro Miyata
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gifu Heart Center, Gifu, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gifu Heart Center, Gifu, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Reiber JHC. Editor’s choice to the January 2022 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 38:1-3. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02542-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wu X, Ono M, Poon EKW, O'Leary N, Torii R, Janssen JP, Zhu SJ, Vijgeboom Y, El-Kurdi MS, Cox M, Reinöhl J, Dijkstra J, Barlis P, Wijns W, Reiber JHC, Bourantas CV, Virmani R, Onuma Y, Serruys PW. One-year performance of biorestorative polymeric coronary bypass grafts in an ovine model: correlation between early biomechanics and late serial Quantitative Flow Ratio. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022; 61:1402-1411. [PMID: 35022681 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the impact of mechanical factors at baseline on the patency of a restorative conduit for coronary bypass grafts in an ovine model at serial follow-up up to 1 year. METHODS The analyses of 4 mechanical factors [i.e. bending angle, superficial wall strain and minimum and maximum endothelial shear stress (ESS)] were performed in 3D graft models reconstructed on baseline (1-month) angiograms frame by frame by a core laboratory blinded for the late follow-up. The late patency was documented by Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR®) that reflects the physiological status of the graft. The correlation between 4 mechanical factors and segmental QFR (△QFR) were analysed on 10 equal-length segments of each graft. RESULTS A total of 69 graft geometries of 7 animals were performed in the study. The highest △QFR at 12 months was colocalized in segments of the grafts with the largest bending angles at baseline. Higher △QFR at 3 months were both at the anastomotic ends and were colocalized with the highest superficial wall strain at baseline. High baseline ESS was topographically associated with higher △QFR at the latest follow-up. Correlations of minimum and maximum ESS with △QFR at 3 months were the strongest among these parameters (ρ = 0.30, 95% CI [-0.05 to 0.56] and ρ = 0.27, 95% CI [-0.05 to 0.54], respectively). CONCLUSIONS Despite the limited number of grafts, this study suggests an association between early abnormal mechanical factors and late flow metrics of the grafts. The understanding of the mechanical characteristics could help to improve this novel conduit.
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- Xinlei Wu
- Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Heart Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Reiber JHC. Editor's choice to the november 2021 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 37:3127-3128. [PMID: 34661854 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-021-02442-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Reiber JHC. Editor's choice to the October 2021 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 37:2801-2802. [PMID: 34533649 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-021-02409-7] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Hirasawa K, Kuneman JH, Singh GK, Gegenava T, Hautemann D, Reiber JHC, Ajmone Marsan N, Bax JJ, Delgado V. Comparison of left atrial strain measured by feature tracking computed tomography and speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with aortic stenosis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 23:95-101. [PMID: 34491334 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Peak left atrial longitudinal strain (PALS) is a marker of the left atrial (LA) reservoir function. Novel feature tracking (FT) software allows assessment of LA strain from multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) data. This study aimed at evaluating the agreement between speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and FT MDCT for the measurement of PALS in patients with sinus rhythm (SR) and with atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS The current study included 318 patients (80 ± 7 years, 54% male) with dynamic MDCT data acquired prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation. PALS was measured by transthoracic echocardiography using STE (PALSecho) and MDCT using dedicated FT software (PALSCT). In the overall population, the median values of PALSecho and PALSCT were 19.0 [interquartile range (IQR) 12.0-25.0] % and 15.3 (IQR 9.2-19.7) %, respectively. High correlation between PALSecho and PALSCT was observed (r = 0.789, P < 0.001) with a mean bias of -3.7%. The correlation between PALSecho and PALSCT was better among patients with SR (N = 258; r = 0.704, P < 0.001) as compared to patients with AF (N = 60; r = 0.622, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION PALSecho and PALSCT showed a good agreement in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) regardless of the cardiac rhythm. FT MDCT may be an important adjuvant modality for assessing LA reservoir function in patients with severe AS.
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- Kensuke Hirasawa
- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- LKEB, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.,Turku Heart Center, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Reiber JHC. Editor's note to the September 2021 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 37:2589. [PMID: 34392467 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-021-02381-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Johan H C Reiber
- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Reiber JHC. Editor's Note to the July 2021 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 37:2093-2094. [PMID: 34156652 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-021-02319-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wu X, Ono M, Kawashima H, Poon EKW, Torii R, Shahzad A, Gao C, Wang R, Barlis P, von Birgelen C, Reiber JHC, Bourantas CV, Tu S, Wijns W, Serruys PW, Onuma Y. Angiography-Based 4-Dimensional Superficial Wall Strain and Stress: A New Diagnostic Tool in the Catheterization Laboratory. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:667310. [PMID: 34222366 PMCID: PMC8249568 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.667310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
A novel method for four-dimensional superficial wall strain and stress (4D-SWS) is derived from the arterial motion as pictured by invasive coronary angiography. Compared with the conventional finite element analysis of cardiovascular biomechanics using the estimated pulsatile pressure, the 4D-SWS approach can calculate the dynamic mechanical state of the superficial wall in vivo, which could be directly linked with plaque rupture or stent fracture. The validation of this approach using in silico models showed that the distribution and maximum values of superficial wall stress were similar to those calculated by conventional finite element analysis. The in vivo deformation was validated on 16 coronary arteries, from the comparison of centerlines predicted by the 4D-SWS approach against the actual centerlines reconstructed from angiograms at a randomly selected time-point, which demonstrated a good agreement of the centerline morphology between both approaches (scaling: 0.995 ± 0.018 and dissimilarity: 0.007 ± 0.014). The in silico vessel models with softer plaque and larger plaque burden presented more variation in mean lumen diameter and resulted in higher superficial wall stress. In more than half of the patients (n = 16), the maximum superficial wall stress was found at the proximal lesion shoulder. Additionally, in three patients who later suffered from acute coronary syndrome, the culprit plaque rupture sites co-localized with the site of highest superficial wall stress on their baseline angiography. These representative cases suggest that angiography-based superficial wall dynamics have the potential to identify coronary segments at high-risk of plaque rupture and fracture sites of implanted stents. Ongoing studies are focusing on identifying weak spots in coronary bypass grafts, and on exploring the biomechanical mechanisms of coronary arterial remodeling and aneurysm formation. Future developments involve integration of fast computational techniques to allow online availability of superficial wall strain and stress in the catheterization laboratory.
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- Xinlei Wu
- Institute of Cardiovascular Development and Translational Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Smart Sensors Lab, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Melbourne Medical School, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Smart Sensors Lab, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Medicine, Melbourne Medical School, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry Health Sciences, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Thoraxcentrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.,Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Technical Medical Centre, Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Instrument Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Smart Sensors Lab, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.,Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland
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Reiber JHC. Editor's note to the June 2021 issue. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 37:1799-1800. [PMID: 34019205 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-021-02283-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Johan H C Reiber
- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Tu S, Westra J, Adjedj J, Ding D, Liang F, Xu B, Holm NR, Reiber JHC, Wijns W. Fractional flow reserve in clinical practice: from wire-based invasive measurement to image-based computation. Eur Heart J 2021; 41:3271-3279. [PMID: 31886479 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave-free ratio are the present standard diagnostic methods for invasive assessment of the functional significance of epicardial coronary stenosis. Despite the overall trend towards more physiology-guided revascularization, there remains a gap between guideline recommendations and the clinical adoption of functional evaluation of stenosis severity. A number of image-based approaches have been proposed to compute FFR without the use of pressure wire and induced hyperaemia. In order to better understand these emerging technologies, we sought to highlight the principles, diagnostic performance, clinical applications, practical aspects, and current challenges of computational physiology in the catheterization laboratory. Computational FFR has the potential to expand and facilitate the use of physiology for diagnosis, procedural guidance, and evaluation of therapies, with anticipated impact on resource utilization and patient outcomes.
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- Shengxian Tu
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Cardiology Department, Arnault Tzanck Institute, 171 Rue du Commandant Gaston Cahuzac, 06700 Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France.,Cardiology Department, CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.,Institute for Personalized Medicine, Sechenov University, 8-2 Trubetskaya st., Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Catheterization Laboratories, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, A 167, Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- The Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and Curam, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway H91 TK3, Ireland
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Reiber JHC. Introduction topical issue on CT plaque burden. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 36:2301-2303. [PMID: 33037519 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-020-02055-5] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Groepenhoff F, Eikendal ALM, Bots SH, van Ommen AM, Overmars LM, Kapteijn D, Pasterkamp G, Reiber JHC, Hautemann D, Menken R, Wittekoek ME, Hofstra L, Onland-Moret NC, Haitjema S, Hoefer I, Leiner T, den Ruijter HM. Cardiovascular imaging of women and men visiting the outpatient clinic with chest pain or discomfort: design and rationale of the ARGUS Study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e040712. [PMID: 33323438 PMCID: PMC7745322 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Chest pain or discomfort affects 20%-40% of the general population over the course of their life and may be a symptom of myocardial ischaemia. For the diagnosis of obstructive macrovascular coronary artery disease (CAD), algorithms have been developed; however, these do not exclude microvascular angina. This may lead to false reassurance of symptomatic patients, mainly women, with functionally significant, yet non-obstructive coronary vascular disease. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the prevalence of both macrovascular and microvascular coronary vascular disease in women and men presenting with chest pain or discomfort, and to subsequently develop a decision-support tool to aid cardiologists in referral to cardiovascular imaging for both macrovascular and microvascular CAD evaluation. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Women and men with chest pain or discomfort, aged 45 years and older, without a history of cardiovascular disease, who are referred to an outpatient cardiology clinic by their general practitioner are eligible for inclusion. Coronary CT angiography is used for anatomical imaging. Additionally, myocardial perfusion imaging by adenosine stress cardiac MRI is performed to detect functionally significant coronary vascular disease. Electronic health record data, collected during regular cardiac work-up, including medical history, cardiovascular risk factors, physical examination, echocardiography, (exercise) ECG and blood samples for standard cardiovascular biomarkers and research purposes, are obtained. Participants will be classified as positive or negative for coronary vascular disease based on all available data by expert panel consensus (a cardiovascular radiologist and two cardiologists). After completion of the clinical study, all collected data will be used to develop a decision support tool using predictive modelling and machine-learning techniques. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University Medical Center Utrecht. Results will be disseminated through national and international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals in cardiovascular disease. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Trialregister.nl Registry NL8702.
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- Floor Groepenhoff
- Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Cardiology, Cardiology Centers Netherlands, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Cardiology, Cardiology Centers Netherlands, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Radiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Smit JM, Koning G, van Rosendael AR, El Mahdiui M, Mertens BJ, Schalij MJ, Jukema JW, Delgado V, Reiber JHC, Bax JJ, Scholte AJ. Referral of patients for fractional flow reserve using quantitative flow ratio. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 20:1231-1238. [PMID: 30535361 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jey187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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AIMS Quantitative flow ratio (QFR) is a recently developed technique to calculate fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on 3D quantitative coronary angiography and computational fluid dynamics, obviating the need for a pressure-wire and hyperaemia induction. QFR might be used to guide patient selection for FFR and subsequent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) referral in hospitals not capable to perform FFR and PCI. We aimed to investigate the feasibility to use QFR to appropriately select patients for FFR referral. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients who underwent invasive coronary angiography in a hospital where FFR and PCI could not be performed and were referred to our hospital for invasive FFR measurement, were included. Angiogram images from the referring hospitals were retrospectively collected for QFR analysis. Based on QFR cut-off values of 0.77 and 0.86, our patient cohort was reclassified to 'no referral' (QFR ≥0.86), referral for 'FFR' (QFR 0.78-0.85), or 'direct PCI' (QFR ≤0.77). In total, 290 patients were included. Overall accuracy of QFR to detect an invasive FFR of ≤0.80 was 86%. Based on a QFR cut-off value of 0.86, a 50% reduction in patient referral for FFR could be obtained, while only 5% of these patients had an invasive FFR of ≤0.80 (thus, these patients were incorrectly reclassified to the 'no referral' group). Furthermore, 22% of the patients that still need to be referred could undergo direct PCI, based on a QFR cut-off value of 0.77. CONCLUSION QFR is feasible to use for the selection of patients for FFR referral.
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- Jeff M Smit
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems B.V., Schuttersveld 9, XG Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems B.V., Schuttersveld 9, XG Leiden, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Tenekecioglu E, Katagiri Y, Takahashi K, Tomaniak M, Dudek D, Cequier A, Carrié D, Iñiguez A, Johannes van der Schaaf R, Dominici M, Boven AJV, Helqvist S, Sabaté M, Baumbach A, Piek JJ, Wykrzykowska JJ, Kitslaar P, Dijkstra J, Reiber JHC, Chevalier B, Ural D, Pekkan K, Bourantas CV, Gijsen F, Onuma Y, Torii R, Serruys PW. Endothelial shear stress and vascular remodeling in bioresorbable scaffold and metallic stent. Atherosclerosis 2020; 312:79-89. [PMID: 32979635 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The impact of endothelial shear stress (ESS) on vessel remodeling in vessels implanted with bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) as compared to metallic drug-eluting stent (DES) remains elusive. The aim of this study was to determine whether the relationship between ESS and remodeling patterns differs in BRS from those seen in metallic DES at 3-year follow-up. METHODS In the ABSORB II randomized trial, lesions were investigated by serial coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Three-dimensional reconstructions of coronary arteries post-procedure and at 3 years were performed. ESS was quantified using non-Newtonian steady flow simulation. IVUS cross-sections in device segment were matched using identical landmarks. RESULTS Paired ESS calculations post-procedure and at 3 years were feasible in 57 lesions in 56 patients. Post-procedure, median ESS at frame level was higher in BRS than in DES, with marginal statistical significance (0.97 ± 0.48 vs. 0.75 ± 0.39 Pa, p = 0.063). In the BRS arm, vessel area and lumen area showed larger increases in the highest tercile of median ESS post-procedure as compared to the lowest tercile. In contrast, in DES, no significant relationship between median ESS post-procedure and remodeling was observed. In multivariate analysis, smaller vessel area, larger lumen area, higher plaque burden post-procedure, and higher median ESS post-procedure were independently associated with expansive remodeling in matched frames. Only in BRS, younger age was an additional significant predictor of expansive remodeling. CONCLUSIONS In a subset of lesions with large plaque burden, shear stress could be associated with expansive remodeling and late lumen enlargement in BRS, while ESS had no impact on vessel dimension in metallic DES.
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- Erhan Tenekecioglu
- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center. Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center. Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, University Hospital of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Biomédiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- LKEB-Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- LKEB-Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- LKEB-Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Ramsay Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, University College of London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus University Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center. Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of cardiology, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.
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Katagiri Y, Torii R, Takahashi K, Tenekecioglu E, Asano T, Chichareon P, Tomaniak M, Piek JJ, Wykrzykowska JJ, Bullett N, Ahmed N, Al-Lamee K, Al-Lamee R, Leclerc G, Kitslaar P, Dijkstra J, Reiber JHC, Poon EKW, Bourantas CV, Gijsen FJH, Serruys PW, Onuma Y. Preclinical evaluation of a thin-strut bioresorbable scaffold (ArterioSorb): acute-phase invasive imaging assessment and hemodynamic implication. EUROINTERVENTION 2020; 16:e141-e146. [PMID: 31289016 DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-18-01190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/23/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the acute performance of the 95 µm ArterioSorb oriented poly L-lactic acid (PLLA) scaffold in comparison with the XIENCE metallic drug-eluting stent (DES) in porcine coronary arteries. METHODS AND RESULTS In 15 non-atherosclerotic Yucatan mini pigs, the ArterioSorb (3.0/14 mm) and XIENCE (3.0/15 mm) were implanted in 25 and 15 vessels, respectively. Acute performance was evaluated by using quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Following three-dimensional reconstruction of the coronary arteries, endothelial shear stress (ESS) was quantified using non-Newtonian steady-flow simulation. Acute recoil measured by QCA was comparable in the two arms. Post-procedural flow and scaffold/stent area by OCT did not differ between the two devices. ESS post procedure was comparable between ArterioSorb and XIENCE (2.21±1.97 vs 2.25±1.71 Pa, p=0.314). CONCLUSIONS Acute recoil, luminal dimensions and ESS in the ArterioSorb oriented PLLA scaffold with thin struts of 95 µm were comparable to those in the XIENCE metallic DES.
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- Yuki Katagiri
- Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Safi H, Bourantas CV, Ramasamy A, Zanchin T, Bär S, Tufaro V, Jin C, Torii R, Karagiannis A, Reiber JHC, Mathur A, Onuma Y, Windecker S, Lansky A, Maehara A, Serruys PW, Stone P, Baumbach A, Stone GW, Räber L. Predictive value of the QFR in detecting vulnerable plaques in non-flow limiting lesions: a combined analysis of the PROSPECT and IBIS-4 study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 36:993-1002. [PMID: 32152810 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-020-01805-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Studies have shown that the quantitative flow ratio (QFR), recently introduced to assess lesion severity from coronary angiography, provides useful prognostic information; however the additive value of this technique over intravascular imaging in detecting lesions that are likely to cause events is yet unclear. We analysed data acquired in the PROSPECT and IBIS-4 studies, in particular the baseline virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) and angiographic data from 17 non-culprit lesions with a presumable vulnerable phenotype (i.e., thin or thick cap fibroatheroma) that caused major adverse cardiac events or required revascularization (MACE) at 5-year follow-up and from a group of 78 vulnerable plaques that remained quiescent. The segments studied by VH-IVUS were identified in coronary angiography and the QFR was estimated. The additive value of 3-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography (3D-QCA) and of the QFR in predicting MACE at 5 year follow-up beyond plaque characteristics was examined. It was found that MACE lesions had a greater plaque burden (PB) and smaller minimum lumen area (MLA) on VH-IVUS, a longer length and a smaller minimum lumen diameter (MLD) on 3D-QCA and a lower QFR compared with lesions that remained quiescent. By univariate analysis MLA, PB, MLD, lesion length on 3D-QCA and QFR were predictors of MACE. In multivariate analysis a low but normal QFR (> 0.80 to < 0.97) was the only independent prediction of MACE (HR 3.53, 95% CI 1.16-10.75; P = 0.027). In non-flow limiting lesions with a vulnerable phenotype, QFR may provide additional prognostic information beyond plaque morphology for predicting MACE throughout 5 years.
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- Hannah Safi
- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.,Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK. .,Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK. .,William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.,William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- CTU Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern University, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.,William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK.,Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.,William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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Kishi S, Magalhães TA, Cerci RJ, Zimmermann E, Matheson MB, Vavere A, Tanami Y, Kitslaar PH, George RT, Brinker J, Miller JM, Clouse ME, Lemos PA, Niinuma H, Reiber JHC, Kofoed KF, Rochitte CE, Rybicki FJ, Di Carli MF, Cox C, Lima JAC, Arbab-Zadeh A. Comparative effectiveness of coronary artery stenosis and atherosclerotic plaque burden assessment for predicting 30-day revascularization and 2-year major adverse cardiac events. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 36:2365-2375. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-020-01851-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gegenava T, van der Bijl P, Vollema EM, van der Kley F, de Weger A, Hautemann D, Reiber JHC, Ajmone Marsan N, Bax JJ, Delgado V. Prognostic Influence of Feature Tracking Multidetector Row Computed Tomography-Derived Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Patients with Aortic Stenosis Treated With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Am J Cardiol 2020; 125:948-955. [PMID: 31928719 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Computed tomography plays a central role in the evaluation of patients with severe aortic stenosis who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Advances in left ventricular (LV) analysis with multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) permit measurement of LV global longitudinal strain (GLS). The present study aimed at evaluating the association between feature tracking (FT) MDCT derived LV GLS and all-cause mortality in patients treated with TAVI. A total of 214 patients with severe aortic stenosis (51% male, 80 ± 7 years) who underwent TAVI and with dynamic MDCT data allowing LV GLS measurement with novel FT algorithm were included. LV GLS was measured at baseline and were divided according to a previously published cut-off value of LV GLS associated with all-cause mortality (≤-14% [more preserved LV systolic function] vs >-14% [more impaired LV systolic function]). Patients were followed for the occurrence of all-cause mortality. Mean FT MDCT-derived LV GLS was -12.5 ± 4%. During a median follow-up of 45 months (interquartile range: 29 to 62 months), 67 (31%) patients died. The cumulative rate of all-cause mortality for the patients with FT MDCT-derived LV GLS ≤-14% was 15% versus28% for the patients with FT MDCT-derived LV GLS >-14%, Log rank p = 0.001). FT MDCT-derived LV GLS was independently associated with all-cause mortality (hazard ratio: 0.851; 95% confidence interval: 0.772 to 0.937; p = 0.001). In conclusion, impaired FT MDCT-derived LV GLS is independently associated with all-cause mortality in patients treated with TAVI. Besides aortic valve area and calcification, FT MDCT-derived LV GLS is an important prognostic marker.
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- Tea Gegenava
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardio-Thoracic surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- LKEB, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Spitaleri G, Tebaldi M, Biscaglia S, Westra J, Brugaletta S, Erriquez A, Passarini G, Brieda A, Leone AM, Picchi A, Ielasi A, Girolamo DD, Trani C, Ferrari R, Reiber JHC, Valgimigli M, Sabatè M, Campo G. Quantitative Flow Ratio Identifies Nonculprit Coronary Lesions Requiring Revascularization in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Disease. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2019; 11:e006023. [PMID: 29449325 DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.117.006023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The nonculprit lesion (NCL) management in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients with multivessel disease is debated. We sought to assess whether quantitative flow ratio (QFR), a noninvasive tool to identify potentially flow-limiting lesions, may be reliable in this scenario. METHODS AND RESULTS The present proof-of-concept study is based on a 3-step process: (1) identification of the QFR reproducibility in NCLs assessment (cohort A, n=31); (2) prospective validation of QFR diagnostic accuracy in respect to fractional flow reserve (cohort B, n=45); and (3) investigation of long-term clinical outcomes of NCLs stratified according to QFR (cohort C, n=110). A blinded core laboratory computed QFR values for all NCLs. Cohort A showed a good correlation and agreement between QFR values at index (acute) and at staged (subacute, 3-4 days later) procedures (r=0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.96-0.99; mean difference, 0.004 [-0.027 to 0.34]). The inter-rater agreement was κ=0.9. In cohort B, fractional flow reserve and QFR identified 16 (33%) and 17 (35%) NCLs potentially flow limiting. Sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values were 88%, 97%, 94%, and 94%. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve was 0.96 (95% confidence interval, 0.89-0.99). Finally, in cohort C, we identified 110 ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients where at least 1 NCL was left untreated. Patients with NCLs showing a QFR value ≤0.80 were at higher risk of adverse events (hazard ratio, 2.3; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-4.5; P=0.01). CONCLUSIONS In a limited and selected study population, our study showed that QFR computation may be a safe and reliable tool to guide coronary revascularization of NCLs in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients.
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- Giosafat Spitaleri
- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (FE), Italy (G.S., M.T., S.B., A.E., G.P., A.B., R.F., G.C.); Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark (J.W.); University Hospital Clínic, Cardiovascular Clinic Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain (S.B., M.S.); Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (A.M.L., C.T.); Division of Cardiology, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (A.P.); Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy (A.I.); Cardiologia Interventistica, A.O. Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy (D.D.G.); Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy (R.F., G.C.); Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.H.C.R.); and University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland (M.V.).
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Reiber JHC, Pereira GTR, Bezerra HG, De Sutter J, Schoenhagen P, Stillman AE, Van de Veire NRL. Cardiovascular imaging 2018 in the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2019; 35:1175-1188. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-019-01579-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Smit JM, El Mahdiui M, van Rosendael AR, Jukema JW, Koning G, Reiber JHC, Bax JJ, Scholte AJ. Comparison of Diagnostic Performance of Quantitative Flow Ratio in Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus. Am J Cardiol 2019; 123:1722-1728. [PMID: 30853082 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Quantitative flow ratio (QFR) is a novel technique to calculate fractional flow reserve (FFR), without hyperemia induction or a pressure wire, and has not yet been validated in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), who are at increased risk of coronary microvascular dysfunction. The purpose of our study was to compare the diagnostic performance of QFR in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. Patients who underwent invasive coronary angiography and subsequent invasive FFR measurement within 6 months were included. QFR was determined in all coronary arteries in which invasive FFR was performed, using a dedicated software package. Diagnostic accuracy and the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) were determined for QFR, using an invasive FFR cut-off value of ≤0.80 as the reference standard. In total, 320 coronary arteries from 66 (25%) diabetic and 193 (75%) nondiabetic patients were analyzed. On a vessel-based analysis, diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity showed no significant difference between diabetic and nondiabetic patients: 88% versus 85% (p = 0.47), 71% versus 69% (p = 0.72), and 95% versus 91% (p = 0.24). Moreover, the AUC was not significantly different between patients with and without DM, 0.91 versus 0.93 (p = 0.74). The per-vessel AUC was significantly higher for QFR compared with percent diameter stenosis in both diabetic and nondiabetic patients, 0.91 versus 0.76 (p <0.05) and 0.93 versus 0.77 (p <0.001), respectively. In conclusion, we showed a good diagnostic performance of QFR which was independent of the presence of DM.
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- Jeff M Smit
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems B.V., Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems B.V., Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Gao X, Boccalini S, Kitslaar PH, Budde RPJ, Tu S, Lelieveldt BPF, Dijkstra J, Reiber JHC. A novel software tool for semi-automatic quantification of thoracic aorta dilatation on baseline and follow-up computed tomography angiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 35:711-723. [PMID: 30552522 PMCID: PMC6482131 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-018-1488-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
A dedicated software package that could semi-automatically assess differences in aortic maximal cross-sectional diameters from consecutive CT scans would most likely reduce the post-processing time and effort by the physicians. The aim of this study was to present and assess the quality of a new tool for the semi-automatic quantification of thoracic aorta dilation dimensions. Twenty-nine patients with two CTA scans of the thoracic aorta for which the official clinical report indicated an increase in aortic diameters were included in the study. Aortic maximal cross-sectional diameters of baseline and follow-up studies generated semi-automatically by the software were compared with corresponding manual measurements. The semi-automatic measurements were performed at seven landmarks defined on the baseline scan by two operators. Bias, Bland–Altman plots and intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated between the two methods and, for the semi-automatic software, also between two observers. The average time difference between the two scans of a single patient was 1188 ± 622 days. For the semi-automatic software, in 2 out of 29 patients, manual interaction was necessary; in the remaining 27 patients (93.1%), semi-automatic results were generated, demonstrating excellent intraclass correlation coefficients (all values ≥ 0.91) and small differences, especially for the proximal aortic arch (baseline: 0.19 ± 1.30 mm; follow-up: 0.44 ± 2.21 mm), the mid descending aorta (0.37 ± 1.64 mm; 0.37 ± 2.06 mm), and the diaphragm (0.30 ± 1.14 mm; 0.37 ± 1.80 mm). The inter-observer variability was low with all errors in diameters ≤ 1 mm, and intraclass correlation coefficients all ≥ 0.95. The semi-automatic tool decreased the processing time by 40% (13 vs. 22 min). In this work, a semi-automatic software package that allows the assessment of thoracic aorta diameters from baseline and follow-up CTs (and their differences), was presented, and demonstrated high accuracy and low inter-observer variability.
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- Xinpei Gao
- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Tenekecioglu E, Torii R, Katagiri Y, Chichareon P, Asano T, Miyazaki Y, Takahashi K, Modolo R, Al-Lamee R, Al-Lamee K, Colet C, Reiber JHC, Pekkan K, van Geuns R, Bourantas CV, Onuma Y, Serruys PW. Post-implantation shear stress assessment: an emerging tool for differentiation of bioresorbable scaffolds. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 35:409-418. [PMID: 30426299 PMCID: PMC6453863 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-018-1481-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Optical coherence tomography based computational flow dynamic (CFD) modeling provides detailed information about the local flow behavior in stented/scaffolded vessel segments. Our aim is to investigate the in-vivo effect of strut thickness and strut protrusion on endothelial wall shear stress (ESS) distribution in ArterioSorb Absorbable Drug-Eluting Scaffold (ArterioSorb) and Absorb everolimus-eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (Absorb) devices that struts with similar morphology (quadratic structure) but different thickness. In three animals, six coronary arteries were treated with ArterioSorb. At different six animals, six coronary arteries were treated with Absorb. Following three-dimensional(3D) reconstruction of the coronary arteries, Newtonian steady flow simulation was performed and the ESS were estimated. Mixed effects models were used to compare ESS distribution in the two devices. There were 4591 struts in the analyzed 477 cross-sections in Absorb (strut thickness = 157 µm) and 3105 struts in 429 cross-sections in ArterioSorb (strut thickness = 95 µm) for the protrusion analysis. In cross-section level analysis, there was significant difference between the scaffolds in the protrusion distances. The protrusion was higher in Absorb (97% of the strut thickness) than in ArterioSorb (88% of the strut thickness). ESS was significantly higher in ArterioSorb (1.52 ± 0.34 Pa) than in Absorb (0.73 ± 2.19 Pa) (p = 0.001). Low- and very-low ESS data were seen more often in Absorb than in ArterioSorb. ArterioSorb is associated with a more favorable ESS distribution compared to the Absorb. These differences should be attributed to different strut thickness/strut protrusion that has significant effect on shear stress distribution.
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- Erhan Tenekecioglu
- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University College of London Hospitals, London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. .,Imperial College, London, UK. .,Dr.h.c. Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne (AUS), Westblaak 98, 3012KM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Smit JM, Koning G, Van Rosendael AR, El Mahdiui M, Jukema JW, Reiber JHC, Bax JJ, Scholte AJ. P2263Diagnostic performance of quantitative flow ratio in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p2263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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- J M Smit
- Leiden University Medical Center, Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Medis medical imaging systems bv, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Medis medical imaging systems bv, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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Collet C, Onuma Y, Sonck J, Asano T, Vandeloo B, Kornowski R, Tu S, Westra J, Holm NR, Xu B, de Winter RJ, Tijssen JG, Miyazaki Y, Katagiri Y, Tenekecioglu E, Modolo R, Chichareon P, Cosyns B, Schoors D, Roosens B, Lochy S, Argacha JF, van Rosendael A, Bax J, Reiber JHC, Escaned J, De Bruyne B, Wijns W, Serruys PW. Diagnostic performance of angiography-derived fractional flow reserve: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis. Eur Heart J 2018; 39:3314-3321. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Carlos Collet
- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Cardialysis BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Belinson Hospital Affiliated to the “Sackler” Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Biomedical Instrument Institute, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- Division of Image Processing (LKEB), Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands
- Medis Medical Imaging Systems, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Hospital Clinico San Carlos IDISSC and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- The Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine and Curam, National University of Ireland, Galway, Saolta University Healthcare Group, Galway, Ireland
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Smit JM, Koning G, Van Rosendael AR, El Mahdiui M, Mertens BJ, Schalij MJ, Jukema JW, Delgado V, Reiber JHC, Bax JJ, Scholte AJ. P4635Referral of patients for fractional flow reserve using quantitative flow ratio. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p4635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J M Smit
- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems bv, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Medis Medical Imaging Systems bv, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands
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Sosef MN, Bosch JG, van Oostayen J, Visser T, Reiber JHC, Rosendaal FR. Relation of Plasma Coagulation Factor VII and Fibrinogen to Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
SummaryPlasma clotting factor VII and plasma fibrinogen have been claimed as independent risk factors for occlusive cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate whether these coagulation parameters affect early atherosclerosis, additional to their possible effect on arterial thrombosis.We used high-resolution quantitative ultrasonography to measure carotid intima-media thickness in 121 healthy volunteers, aged 18 to 56 years. It has previously been demonstrated that an increased artery wall thickness is seen in advanced atherosclerosis. To validate our methodology for relatively young individuals, we assessed the association of intima-media thickness with the risk-factor status of our subjects, by including classical cardiovascular risk factors, e. g. age, sex, serum cholesterol, smoking habits and blood pressure. Thereafter, we studied the effect of factor VII and fibrinogen plasma levels on carotid intimamedia thickness, as well as that of polymorphisms of the factor VII and fibrinogen genes.All classical risk factors except smoking and family history were associated with intima-media thickness. When adjusted for by multivariate linear regression analysis, age, blood pressure and cholesterol appeared to be independent determinants of intima-media thickness. Factor VII and fibrinogen levels showed no association in multivariate analysis with intima-media thickness. We conclude that artery wall thickness measurement by ultrasound is a useful tool to investigate the role of clotting factors in early atherosclerosis. Factor VII and fibrinogen levels in young and middle-aged volunteers have no association with early artherosclerotic vessel wall changes.
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- M N Sosef
- The Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
- The Department of Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
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