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The relationship between subclinical atrial fibrillation (SCAF) and left pulmonary vein anatomy is unknown. This study sought to investigate whether left pulmonary vein trunk predict the development of SCAF in patients with cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED). We also examined the relationship between the duration of SCAF and left pulmonary vein trunk. We retrospectively enrolled 162 patients who underwent implantation of dual-chamber CIEDs and follow-up by remote monitoring system. Computed tomography was used to measure the length of the left pulmonary vein. During median follow up of 2.7 years, the episodes of > 6 min and > 24 h SCAF were observed in 61 (37.7%) and 24 (14.8%) patients, respectively. The diagnosis of sinus node disease (HR: 3.66 [2.06-6.52], P < 0.01 and HR: 2.68 [1.09-6.62], P = 0.04) and left atrial diameter (HR: 1.04 [1.00-1.07], P = 0.04 and HR: 1.05 [1.00-1.10], P = 0.04) were independent predictors for > 6 min and > 24 h SCAF, respectively. Length of the left pulmonary vein trunk was an independent predictor for > 6 min SCAF (HR: 1.06 [1.02-1.10], P < 0.01), but not for > 24 h SCAF (P = 0.06). Sinus node disease, size of the left atrium and length of the left pulmonary vein trunk were related to SCAF. The left pulmonary vein trunk might especially contribute as a trigger rather than as a driver of development of atrial fibrillation.
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Debranching thoracic endovascular aortic repair may disturb the implantation of a cardiac implantable electronic device in the anterior thoracic region. In case 1, the bypass graft between the right axillary artery, left axillary artery, and left common carotid artery disturbed pacemaker implantation from the left anterior thoracic region. Therefore, right-sided implantation was selected. By contrast, in case 2, the bypass graft between axillary arteries in the anterior thoracic region was visible on fluoroscopy, and we performed conventional left-sided pacemaker implantation with extra-thoracic puncture. The pacemaker implantations were successful in both cases. The implantation strategies were affected by the number of debranched arteries and visibility of the bypass graft.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana/terapia , Vasos Coronários/metabolismo , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/instrumentação , Placa Aterosclerótica , Espectroscopia de Luz Próxima ao Infravermelho , Stents , Idoso , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/metabolismo , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/mortalidade , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/efeitos adversos , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/mortalidade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos Prospectivos , Sistema de Registros , Medição de Risco , Fatores de Risco , Fatores de Tempo , Falha de Tratamento , Ultrassonografia de IntervençãoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) caused by calcified nodules (CN) have worse clinical outcomes following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study investigated the late vascular response after everolimus-eluting stent (EES) implantation assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with AMI caused by CN, by comparing with plaque rupture (PR) and plaque erosion (PE).MethodsâandâResults: Based on the OCT findings in AMI culprit lesions before PCI, a total of 141 patients were categorized into 3 groups (PR, PE, or CN), and the OCT findings immediately and 10 months after PCI were compared. The frequency of PR, PE, and CN was 85 (60%), 45 (32%), and 11 patients (8%), respectively. In the 10-month follow-up OCT, the frequency of lesions with uncovered struts and lesions with malapposed struts were highest in the CN group, followed by the PR and PE groups (82% vs. 52% vs. 40%, P=0.042 and 73% vs. 26% vs. 16%, P<0.001, respectively). The incidence of intra-stent thrombus, re-appearance of CN within the stent, and target lesion revascularization were higher in the CN group compared with the PR and PE groups (36% vs. 9% vs. 7%, P=0.028; 27% vs. 0% vs. 0%, P<0.001; and 18% vs. 2% vs. 2%, P=0.024, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Late arterial healing response at 10 months after EES implantation in the CN was worse compared with PR and PE in patients with AMI.
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Stents Farmacológicos , Infarto do Miocárdio , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea , Placa Aterosclerótica , Angiografia Coronária/métodos , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Stents Farmacológicos/efeitos adversos , Everolimo , Humanos , Infarto do Miocárdio/diagnóstico por imagem , Infarto do Miocárdio/patologia , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/efeitos adversos , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/métodos , Placa Aterosclerótica/patologia , Stents , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica/métodos , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)-angiography coregistration during stent implantation may be useful to avoid geographical mismatch and incomplete lesion coverage. Untreated lipid-rich plaque at stent edge is associated with subsequent stent edge restenosis. The present study sought to compare the frequency of untreated lipid-rich plaque at the stent edge between OCT-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with and without OCT-angiography coregistration. We investigated 398 patients who underwent OCT-guided stent implantation (n = 198 in the coregistration group, and n = 200 in the no coregistration group). In OCT after PCI, untreated lipid-lich plaque was identified by the maximum lipid arc > 180Ë in the 5-mm stent edge segment. The PCI-targeted lesion characteristics and stent length were not different between the coregistration group and the no coregistration group. The frequency of untreated lipid-rich plaque in either proximal or distal stent edge segment was significantly lower in the coregistration group than in the no coregistration group (16% vs. 26%, P = 0.015). The frequency of stent-edge dissection (5% vs. 6%, P = 0.516) and untreated stenosis (2% vs. 3%, P = 0.724) was low and without significant differences between the two groups. In OCT-guided PCI, the use of OCT-angiography coregistration was associated with a reduced frequency of untreated lipid-rich plaque at stent edges. OCT-angiography coregistration has a positive impact on PCI results.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea , Angiografia Coronária/métodos , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/cirurgia , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Vasos Coronários/cirurgia , Humanos , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/métodos , Stents , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica/métodos , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Central venous access is an essential technique for cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation, and the use of axillary vein approach has recently been increasing. This study sought to examine whether real-time venography-guided extrathoracic puncture facilitates the procedure. We retrospectively analyzed 179 consecutive patients who underwent CIED implantation using the axillary vein puncture method. Patients were divided into two groups: the conventional method group (CG, n = 107) and the real-time venography-guided group (RG, n = 82). The application of real-time venography was at the discretion of individual operators. Operators with experience of less than 50 CIED implantations were defined as inexperienced operators in this study. Puncture duration and number of attempts were significantly less in the RG group than in the CG group (283 ± 198 vs. 421 ± 361 s, p < 0.01, and 3.19 ± 2.00 vs. 4.18 ± 2.85, p < 0.01). These benefits of real-time venography were observed in inexperienced operators, but not in experienced operators. In addition, the success rate without extra attempts at puncture was higher in the RG group (54% vs. 32%, p < 0.01). Although the total amount of contrast medium was higher in the RG group (16.3 ± 4.1 mL vs. 11.9 ± 6.6 mL, p < 0.01), serum levels of creatinine pre- and post-operation were not different in the two groups (p = NS). We concluded that real-time venography is a safe and effective method for axillary vein puncture, especially in inexperienced operators.
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Desfibriladores Implantáveis , Marca-Passo Artificial , Punções , Eletrônica , Humanos , Flebografia , Implantação de Prótese , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides valuable information to guide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) regarding lesion preparation, stent sizing, and optimization. The aim of the present study was to compare lumen expansion of stent-treated lesions immediately after the procedure for ACS between OCT-guided PCI and angiography-guided PCI.MethodsâandâResults:This study investigated stent-treated lesions immediately after PCI for ACS by using quantitative coronary angiography in 390 patients; 260 patients with OCT-guided PCI and 130 patients with angiography-guided PCI. Before stenting, the frequency of pre-dilatation and thrombus aspiration were not different between the OCT-guided and angiography-guided PCI groups. Stent diameter was significantly larger as a result of OCT-guided PCI (3.11±0.44 mm vs. 2.99±0.45 mm, P=0.011). In post-dilatation, balloon pressure-up (48% vs. 31%, P=0.001) and balloon diameter-up (33% vs. 6%, P<0.001) were more frequently performed in the OCT-guided PCI group. Minimum lumen diameter (2.55±0.35 mm vs. 2.13±0.50 mm, P<0.001) and acute lumen gain (2.18±0.54 mm vs. 1.72±0.63 mm, P<0.001) were significantly larger in the OCT-guided PCI group. Percent diameter stenosis (14±4% vs. 24±10%, P<0.001) and percent area stenosis (15±5% vs. 35±17%, P<0.001) were significantly smaller in the OCT-guided PCI group. CONCLUSIONS: OCT-guided PCI potentially results in larger lumen expansion of stent-treated lesions immediately after PCI in the treatment of ACS compared with angiography-guided PCI.
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Síndrome Coronariana Aguda , Doença da Artéria Coronariana , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/diagnóstico por imagem , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/cirurgia , Angiografia Coronária/métodos , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/terapia , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Vasos Coronários/cirurgia , Humanos , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/métodos , Stents , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica/métodos , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is caused by coronary plaque rupture (PR), plaque erosion (PE), or calcified nodule (CN). We used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to compare stent expansion immediately after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with AMI caused by PR, PE, or CN.MethodsâandâResults:In all, 288 AMI patients were assessed by OCT before and immediately after PCI, performed with OCT guidance according to OPINION criteria for stent sizing and optimization. The frequency of OCT-identified PR (OCT-PR), OCT-PE, and OCT-CN was 172 (60%), 82 (28%), and 34 (12%), respectively. Minimum stent area was smallest in the OCT-CN group, followed by the OCT-PE and OCT-PR groups (mean [±SD] 5.20±1.77, 5.44±1.78, and 6.44±2.2 mm2, respectively; P<0.001), as was the stent expansion index (76±13%, 86±14%, and 87±16%, respectively; P=0.001). The frequency of stent malapposition was highest in the OCT-CN group, followed by the OCT-PR and OCT-PE groups (71%, 38%, and 27%, respectively; P<0.001), as was the frequency of stent edge dissection in the proximal reference (44%, 23%, and 10%, respectively; P<0.001). The frequency of tissue protrusion was highest in the OCT-PR group, followed by the OCT-PE and OCT-CN groups (95%, 88%, and 85%, respectively; P=0.036). CONCLUSIONS: Stent expansion was smallest in the OCT-CN group, followed by the OCT-PR and OCT-PE groups. Plaque morphology in AMI culprit lesions may affect stent expansion immediately after primary PCI.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana/terapia , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Infarto do Miocárdio/terapia , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/instrumentação , Placa Aterosclerótica , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica , Calcificação Vascular/terapia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Angiografia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infarto do Miocárdio/diagnóstico por imagem , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/efeitos adversos , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos Retrospectivos , Ruptura Espontânea , Stents , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento , Calcificação Vascular/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Optical flow ratio (OFR) is a recently developed method for functional assessment of coronary artery disease based on computational fluid dynamics of vascular anatomical data from intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between OFR and fractional flow reserve (FFR) in stent-treated arteries immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).MethodsâandâResults:The OFR and FFR were measured in 103 coronary arteries immediately after successful PCI with a stent. An increase in the OFR and FFR values within the stent was defined as in-stent ∆OFR and ∆FFR, respectively. The values of FFR and OFR were 0.89±0.06 and 0.90±0.06, respectively. OFR was highly correlated with FFR (r=0.84, P<0.001). OFR showed a good agreement with FFR, presenting small values of mean difference and root-mean-squared deviation (FFR-OFR: -0.01±0.04). In-stent ∆OFR showed a moderate correlation (r=0.69, P<0.001) and good agreement (in-stent ∆FFR - in-stent ∆OFR: 0.00±0.02) with in-stent ∆FFR. CONCLUSIONS: OFR showed a high correlation and good agreement with FFR in stent-treated arteries immediately after PCI.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana , Reserva Fracionada de Fluxo Miocárdico , Fluxo Óptico , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea , Angiografia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/cirurgia , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Stents , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Recent clinical studies revealed that anatomical information assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) may be used effectively to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD). However, a physiological assessment, demonstrating myocardial ischemia, is required to justify a therapeutic strategy for CAD. This study aimed to investigate whether using CTA to assess myocardial supply area can improve the prediction of myocardial ischemia.We analyzed 201 vessels with moderate (luminal narrowing ≥ 50%, < 70%) and severe (luminal narrowing ≥ 70%, < 99%) stenosis on CTA from 174 patients, who were suspected of having stable angina and underwent measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR). The myocardial area supplied by the coronary artery, distal to the stenosis, was evaluated with CTA, as reported previously (modified Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart score) and was classified into 3 groups (large, medium, and small).Both percentage area stenosis and myocardial supply area were significantly correlated with FFR (r = -0.46, P < 0.01, and r = -0.45, P < 0.01). Among patients who had coronary plaques, with moderate stenosis and a small myocardial supply area, only 3 of 42 lesions (7%) were identified as ischemic; deviation from the ischemic threshold (FFR = 0.80) was P < 0.01. The combined assessment of lesion stenosis and myocardial supply area, using CTA, improved the prediction of myocardial ischemia significantly compared to lesion stenosis alone (77% versus 59%, P < 0.01).Adding the assessment of myocardial supply area to standard CTA might help predict myocardial ischemia in patients with stable angina pectoris.
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Angiografia por Tomografia Computadorizada , Estenose Coronária/diagnóstico por imagem , Estenose Coronária/fisiopatologia , Isquemia Miocárdica/diagnóstico por imagem , Isquemia Miocárdica/fisiopatologia , Idoso , Circulação Coronária/fisiologia , Estenose Coronária/complicações , Feminino , Reserva Fracionada de Fluxo Miocárdico/fisiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Isquemia Miocárdica/etiologia , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: A fractional flow reserve (FFR) between 0.75 and 0.80 constitutes a "gray zone" for clinical decision-making in coronary artery disease. We compared long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using drug-eluting stents vs. medical therapy for coronary stenosis with gray zone FFR. MethodsâandâResults: We retrospectively investigated the clinical outcomes of 263 patients with gray zone FFR: 78 patients in the PCI group and 185 patients in the medical therapy group. During a median follow-up of 3.7 years, the frequency of target vessel failure (TVF, defined as a composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction [MI], or ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization [TVR]) was significantly lower in the PCI group compared with the medical therapy group (6% vs. 19%, hazard ratio [HR]:0.33, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.13-0.84, P=0.008). The frequency of a composite of cardiac death or MI was not different between the 2 groups (1% vs. 2%, HR: 0.61, 95% CI: 0.07-5.49, P=0.645). The frequency of ischemia-driven TVR was significantly lower in the PCI group compared with the medical therapy group (5% vs. 18%, HR: 0.28, 95% CI: 0.10-0.79, P=0.005). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with gray zone FFR, compared with medical therapy, PCI decreased the frequency of TVF, which was mainly driven by a reduction in the frequency of angina or myocardial ischemia without any difference in the frequency of cardiac death or MI.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana , Estenose Coronária , Reserva Fracionada de Fluxo Miocárdico , Infarto do Miocárdio , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Angina Pectoris/mortalidade , Angina Pectoris/fisiopatologia , Angina Pectoris/cirurgia , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/mortalidade , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/fisiopatologia , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/cirurgia , Estenose Coronária/mortalidade , Estenose Coronária/fisiopatologia , Estenose Coronária/cirurgia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infarto do Miocárdio/mortalidade , Infarto do Miocárdio/fisiopatologia , Infarto do Miocárdio/cirurgia , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: A novel index of the functional severity of coronary stenosis, quantitative flow ratio (QFR), may not consider the amount of viable myocardium in prior myocardial infarction (MI) because QFR is calculated from 3D quantitative coronary angiography.MethodsâandâResults:We analyzed QFR (fixed-flow QFR [fQFR] and contrast-flow QFR [cQFR]) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) in prior-MI-related coronary arteries (n=75) and non-prior-MI-related coronary arteries (n=75). Both fQFR and cQFR directly correlated with FFR in the prior-MI-related coronary arteries (fQFR: r=0.84, P<0.001; and cQFR: r=0.88, P<0.001) and the non-prior-MI-related coronary arteries (fQFR: r=0.91, P<0.001; and cQFR: r=0.94, P<0.001). fQFR was significantly smaller than FFR in the prior-MI-related coronary arteries (0.73±0.14 vs. 0.79±0.11, P=0.002), but there was no significant difference between fQFR and FFR in the non-prior-MI-related coronary arteries. The value of cQFR minus FFR was significantly lower in the prior-MI-related coronary arteries compared with the non-prior-MI-related coronary arteries (-0.02±0.06 vs. 0.00±0.04, P=0.010). The diagnostic accuracy of fQFR ≤0.8 and cQFR ≤0.8 for predicting FFR ≤0.80 was numerically lower in the prior-MI-related coronary arteries compared with the non-prior-MI-related coronary arteries (fQFR: 77% vs. 87%; and cQFR: 87% vs. 92%). CONCLUSIONS: When FFR is used as the gold standard, the accuracy of QFR for assessing the functional severity of coronary stenosis might be reduced in the prior-MI-related coronary arteries compared with non-prior-MI-related coronary arteries.
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Vasos Coronários/fisiopatologia , Reserva Fracionada de Fluxo Miocárdico , Infarto do Miocárdio/patologia , Isquemia Miocárdica/diagnóstico , Idoso , Angiografia Coronária/métodos , Estenose Coronária , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Índice de Gravidade de DoençaRESUMO
The optimal timing of pretreatment with prasugrel in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is unclear. We used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to compare in-stent thrombus volume immediately after PCI between the administration of low-dose prasugrel (20 mg loading dose) at the time of diagnosis of ACS (early prasugrel: n = 34) and the administration of low-dose prasugrel immediately after diagnostic angiography prior to PCI for ACS (late prasugrel: n = 56). The durations between the administration of prasugrel and OCT in the early prasugrel group and late prasugrel group were 5.1 ± 6.5 and 0.9 ± 0.7 h, respectively (p < 0.001). OCT detected thrombus/plaque protrusion in all stented segments. In-stent thrombus/plaque protrusion volume (2.92 ± 1.96 vs. 6.48 ± 4.97 mm3, p < 0.001), mean in-stent thrombus/plaque protrusion area (0.13 ± 0.07 vs. 0.29 ± 0.23 mm2, p < 0.001) and maximum in-stent thrombus/plaque protrusion area (0.70 ± 0.36 vs. 1.06 ± 0.56 mm2, p < 0.001) were significantly smaller in the early prasugrel group as compared with the late prasugrel group. The administration of prasugrel at the time of diagnosis of ACS was associated with significantly reduced in-stent thrombus/plaque protrusion immediately after PCI as compared with the administration of prasugrel after the coronary angiography prior to PCI.
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Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/cirurgia , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/prevenção & controle , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/efeitos adversos , Cloridrato de Prasugrel/administração & dosagem , Tempo para o Tratamento , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica/métodos , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/diagnóstico , Idoso , Angiografia Coronária , Vasos Coronários/cirurgia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Seguimentos , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/diagnóstico , Humanos , Masculino , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/administração & dosagem , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de TempoAssuntos
Anticolesterolemiantes/uso terapêutico , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/tratamento farmacológico , Vasos Coronários/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores de PCSK9 , Placa Aterosclerótica , Inibidores de Serina Proteinase/uso terapêutico , Espectroscopia de Luz Próxima ao Infravermelho , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica , Idoso , Angiografia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/metabolismo , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/patologia , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Vasos Coronários/metabolismo , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Resultado do Tratamento , Ultrassonografia de IntervençãoRESUMO
This case is about atrial tachycardia with cycle length variability originating from the vicinity of the sinus node and diagnostic pacing maneuvers to assess the tachycardia circuit were not achieved. Activation mapping revealed that the origin of atrial tachycardia was 15â¯mm away from the sinus node and the phrenic nerve was captured by pacing at the posterior portion of atrial tachycardia. A multipolar catheter was placed in the right brachiocephalic vein to capture the right phrenic nerve by pacing. The absence of phrenic nerve palsy was confirmed by palpation of constant diaphragmatic movement. The cryoablation could be safely and efficiently performed without ablation-induced injury of sinus node and phrenic nerve palsy by confirming constant diaphragmatic movement. The efficacy of cryoablation in the vicinity of the conduction system and phrenic nerve will be increasingly confirmed in the future. Learning Objective: Cryoablation for atrial tachycardia might be more safe and effective in terms of ablation-induced injury of conduction system and phrenic nerve palsy compared with conventional radiofrequency ablation when diagnostic pacing maneuvers are not able to estimate the circuit due to variability of tachycardia cycle length.
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BACKGROUND: We sought to investigate the differences in coronary plaque morphology on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and medical therapy between acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD). We also explored the relationship between plaque morphology on CCTA at the initial phase and lesion morphology in the acute phase of ACS. METHODS: In 5967 patients who underwent invasive coronary angiography, 58 ACS and 91 SIHD patients who had prior CCTA imaging of the culprit lesion and denied ischemic heart disease at CCTA scanning were enrolled. RESULTS: Although the prevalence of positive remodeling was not different (P = 0.27), low-attenuation plaques (LAP) on prior CCTA were significantly higher in ACS than in SIHD (52% vs. 24%, P < 0.01). The frequency of coronary stenosis grading did not differ between the two groups (P = 0.14). In ACS patients, the frequencies of plaque rupture and lipid-rich plaque assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) were significantly higher in LAP than in non-LAP (73% vs. 23%, P < 0.01; 82% and 23%, P < 0.01). Multivariate regression analysis revealed that statin use and LAP on prior CCTA were predictors of future ACS events (P < 0.01, and P < 0.05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: LAP on CCTA, not positive arterial remodeling, and lack of statin therapy were associated with ACS development. In addition, LAP more frequently led to the development of the plaque rupture type of ACS compared with non-LAP. Lipid-lowering therapy with statins might be useful to prevent plaque rupture in patients with LAP regardless of coronary stenosis.
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Síndrome Coronariana Aguda , Estenose Coronária , Humanos , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/diagnóstico por imagem , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/epidemiologia , Estenose Coronária/diagnóstico por imagem , Estenose Coronária/tratamento farmacológico , Estenose Coronária/epidemiologia , LipídeosRESUMO
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can rarely arise from non-lipid-rich coronary plaques. This study sought to compare the clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between AMI showing maximum lipid-core burden index in 4 mm (maxLCBI4mm) < 400 and ≥ 400 in the infarct-related lesions assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy-intravascular ultrasound (NIRS-IVUS). We investigated 426 AMI patients who underwent NIRS-IVUS in the infarct-related lesions before PCI. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) were defined as the composite of cardiac death, non-fatal MI, clinically driven target lesion revascularization (TLR), clinically driven non-TLR, and congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization. 107 (25%) patients had infarct-related lesions of maxLCBI4mm < 400, and 319 (75%) patients had those of maxLCBI4mm ≥ 400. The maxLCBI4mm < 400 group had a younger median age at onset (68 years [IQR: 57-78 years] vs. 73 years [IQR: 64-80 years], P = 0.007), less frequent multivessel disease (39% vs. 51%, P = 0.029), less frequent TIMI flow grade 0 or 1 before PCI (62% vs. 75%, P = 0.007), and less frequent no-reflow immediately after PCI (5% vs. 11%, P = 0.039). During a median follow-up period of 31 months [IQR: 19-48 months], the frequency of MACE was significantly lower in the maxLCBI4mm < 400 group compared with the maxLCBI4mm ≥ 400 group (4.7% vs. 17.2%, P = 0.001). MaxLCBI4mm < 400 was an independent predictor of MACE-free survival at multivariable analysis (hazard ratio: 0.36 [confidence interval: 0.13-0.98], P = 0.046). MaxLCBI4mm < 400 measured by NIRS in the infract-related lesions before PCI was associated with better long-term clinical outcomes in AMI patients.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana , Infarto do Miocárdio , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea , Placa Aterosclerótica , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/terapia , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/complicações , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/efeitos adversos , Espectroscopia de Luz Próxima ao Infravermelho , Ultrassonografia de Intervenção , Infarto do Miocárdio/complicações , Placa Aterosclerótica/etiologia , Resultado do Tratamento , Angiografia Coronária , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: This study investigates the prognosis of patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF), aiming to elucidate predictors of occurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the chronic phase after esophagectomy. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 415 consecutive patients between July 2010 and December 2021 who were scheduled to undergo esophagectomy for esophageal cancer and had no previous history of AF. RESULTS: POAF occurred in 73 patients (18%). Their ages were higher than those without POAF (72 [66-77] vs 68 [62-75], P < 0.01). Three-field lymph node dissection was more frequent in patients with POAF (63% vs 50%, P = 0.04). Overall survival rates were not significantly different between those with and without POAF in patients with stage III/IV cancer (P = 0.37), but overall survival rate of patients with POAF was lower than in those without POAF in stage I/II cancer (P = 0.03). Seventeen patients (4.1%) had recurrence of AF or new onset 31 days after esophagectomy. POAF was the only independent predictor of AF development in the chronic phase (HR: 4.09, 95%CI: [1.42-11.74], P = 0.01). AF development in the chronic phase was observed in 8 patients (11.0%) with and 9 patients (2.6%) without POAF (P < 0.01). AF development rates were not significantly different in patients with stage III/IV cancer (P = 0.05), but there was significant difference in patients with stage I/II cancer (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The occurrence of POAF after esophagectomy is related with future development of AF and overall survival prognosis. Future studies must ascertain optimal therapeutic strategy.
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Fibrilação Atrial , Neoplasias Esofágicas , Humanos , Fibrilação Atrial/etiologia , Fibrilação Atrial/epidemiologia , Esofagectomia/efeitos adversos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/epidemiologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Fatores de Risco , Neoplasias Esofágicas/cirurgia , Neoplasias Esofágicas/complicaçõesRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) has prognostic value for adverse cardiac events. Application of speckle-tracking technology to mitral annulus provides easy assessment of tissue-tracking mitral annular displacement (TMAD) in apical four-chamber view. The study aimed to examine whether TMAD can be used as a simple index of LV longitudinal deformation in patients with and without preserved ejection fraction (EF). METHODS: The study population consisted of 95 consecutive subjects. GLS was assessed from three apical views. TMAD was evaluated as the base-to-apex displacement of septal (TMADsep), lateral (TMADlat), and mid-point of annular line (TMADmid) in apical 4-chamber view. The percentage of TMADmid to LV length from the mid-point of mitral annuls to the apex at end-diastole (%TMADmid) was calculated. We compared each TMAD parameter with GLS by linear regression analysis, and analyzed each TMAD parameter by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to detect impaired LV longitudinal deformation (|GLS|< 15.0%). RESULTS: There were good correlations between each TMAD parameter and GLS (TMADsep: r2 = 0.59, p < 0.01. TMADlat: r2 = 0.65, p < 0.01. TMADmid: r2 = 0.68, p < 0.01. %TMADmid: r2 = 0.75, p < 0.01). According to ROC curve, %TMADmid < 10.5% was the best cut-off value in determining impaired LV longitudinal deformation (|GLS|≤ 15.0%) with a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 93%. The area under the curve (AUC) of %TMADmid was 0.98 (95% confidence intervals (CI) 0.93-0.99). CONCLUSIONS: TMAD using speckle-tracking echocardiography quickly estimated from single apical four-chamber view can be used as a simple index for detection of impaired LV longitudinal deformation in patients with and without preserved EF.