Noncalcified atherosclerotic lesions with vulnerable characteristics detected by coronary CT angiography and future coronary events.
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr
; 7(3): 192-9, 2013.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The ability of coronary CT angiography (CTA) findings such as plaque characteristics to predict future coronary events remains controversial.OBJECTIVE:
We investigated whether noncalcified atherosclerotic lesions (NCALs) detected by coronary CTA were predictive of future coronary events.METHODS:
A total of 511 patients who underwent coronary CTA were followed for cardiovascular events over a period of 3.3 ± 1.2 years. The primary end point was defined as hard events, including cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or unstable angina that required urgent hospitalization. Early elective coronary revascularizations (n = 58) were excluded. The relationship between features of NCALs and outcomes is described.RESULTS:
A total of 15 hard events (2 cardiac deaths, 7 myocardial infarctions, 6 cases of unstable angina that required urgent hospitalization) were documented in the remaining 453 patients with modest risks during a follow-up period of 3.3 ± 1.2 years. For these hard events, a univariate Cox proportional hazard model showed that the hazard ratio for the presence of >50% stenosis was 7.27 (95% CI, 2.62-21.7; P = .0002). Although the presence of NCAL by itself was not statistically significant, NCALs with low attenuation and positive remodeling (low-attenuation plaque [LAP] and positive remodeling [PR]; plaque CT number ≤ 34 HU and remodeling index ≥ 1.20) showed an adjusted hazard ratio of 11.2 (95% CI, 3.71-36.7; P < .0001). With C-statistics analysis, when both LAP and PR and >50% stenosis were added, the C-statistic was significantly improved compared with the basal model adjusted for age, sex, and log2 (Agatston score +1) (0.900 vs 0.704; P = .0018).CONCLUSIONS:
Identification of NCALs with LAP and PR characteristics by coronary CTA provides additional prognostic information to coronary stenosis for the prediction of future coronary events.Palavras-chave
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Angiografia Coronária
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En
Ano de publicação:
2013
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