Adverse Plaque Characteristics Relate More Strongly With Hyperemic Fractional Flow Reserve and Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio Than With Resting Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio

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OBJECTIVES: The current substudy of the PACIFIC (Prospective Comparison of Cardiac PET/CT, SPECT/CT Perfusion Imaging and CT Coronary Angiography With Invasive Coronary Angiography) trial explores the impact of computed tomography (CT)-derived unfavorable plaque features on both hyperemic and non-hyperemic flow indices.

BACKGROUND: Next to lesion severity, plaque vulnerability as assessed using coronary CT angiography affects fractional flow reserve (FFR), which is associated with imminent acute coronary syndromes. Instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) has recently emerged as an alternative for FFR to interrogate coronary lesions for ischemia. It is, however, unknown whether vasodilator-free assessment with iFR is associated with plaque stability similarly as FFR.

METHODS: Of 120 patients (62% men, age 58.3 ± 8.6 years) with suspected coronary artery disease, 257 vessels were prospectively evaluated. Each patient underwent 256-slice coronary CT angiography to assess stenosis severity and plaque features (positive remodeling [PR], low attenuation plaque [LAP], spotty calcification [SC], and napkin ring sign [NRS]), as well as intracoronary pressure measurements (FFR, iFR, Pd/Pa, and pressure ratio during adenosine within the wave-free period [iFRa]). CT-derived plaque characteristics were related to these invasive pressure measurements.

RESULTS: Atherosclerotic plaques were present in 170 (66%) coronary arteries. On a per-vessel basis, luminal stenosis severity was significantly associated with impaired FFR, iFR, Pd/Pa, and iFRa. Multivariable analysis revealed that FFR and iFR were independently related to ≥70% stenosis (-0.10, p < 0.001 and -0.09, p = 0.003, respectively) and plaque volume (-0.02, p = 0.020 and -0.02, p = 0.030, respectively). Additionally, PR and SC were also independent predictors of an impaired FFR (-0.10, p < 0.001 and -0.07, p = 0.021, respectively), but adverse plaque characteristics were not independently related to the vasodilator-free iFR.

CONCLUSIONS: CT-derived vulnerable plaque characteristics are independently associated with hyperemic flow indices as assessed with FFR and iFRa, but not with non-hyperemic indices such as iFR and Pd/Pa. These findings suggest that the effects of hyperemia on pressure-derived indices might depend not only on hemodynamic stenosis severity but also on plaque characteristics.

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CommentIn: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Mar;13(3):757-759. - PMID 31422143

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging - 13(2020), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 746-756

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Driessen, Roel S [VerfasserIn]
de Waard, Guus A [VerfasserIn]
Stuijfzand, Wijnand J [VerfasserIn]
Raijmakers, Pieter G [VerfasserIn]
Danad, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Bom, Michiel J [VerfasserIn]
Min, James K [VerfasserIn]
Leipsic, Jonathon A [VerfasserIn]
Ahmadi, Amir [VerfasserIn]
van de Ven, Peter M [VerfasserIn]
Knuuti, Juhani [VerfasserIn]
van Rossum, Albert C [VerfasserIn]
Davies, Justin E [VerfasserIn]
van Royen, Niels [VerfasserIn]
Narula, Jagat [VerfasserIn]
Knaapen, Paul [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenosine
Adverse plaque characteristics
Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Coronary artery disease
Coronary computed tomography angiography
Fractional flow reserve
Instantaneous wave-free ratio
Journal Article
K72T3FS567
Multicenter Study
Vasodilator Agents

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Date Completed 10.11.2020

Date Revised 10.11.2020

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Mar;13(3):757-759. - PMID 31422143

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.06.013

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NLM300323646