Diagnostic accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography-derived fractional flow reserve.
Biomed Eng Online
; 20(1): 77, 2021 Aug 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a widely used gold standard to evaluate ischemia-causing lesions. A new method of non-invasive approach, termed as AccuFFRct, for calculating FFR based on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been proposed. However, its diagnostic accuracy has not been validated.OBJECTIVES:
This study sought to present a novel approach for non-invasive computation of FFR and evaluate its diagnostic performance in patients with coronary stenosis.METHODS:
A total of 54 consecutive patients with 78 vessels from a single center who underwent CCTA and invasive FFR measurement were retrospectively analyzed. The CT-derived FFR values were computed using a novel CFD-based model (AccuFFRct, ArteryFlow Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China). Diagnostic performance of AccuFFRct and CCTA in detecting hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease (CAD) was evaluated using the invasive FFR as a reference standard.RESULTS:
Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) for AccuFFRct in detecting FFR ≤ 0.8 on per-patient basis were 90.7, 89.5, 91.4, 85.0 and 94.1%, respectively, while those of CCTA were 38.9, 100.0, 5.71, 36.5 and 100.0%, respectively. The correlation between AccuFFRct and FFR was good (r = 0.76 and r = 0.65 on per-patient and per-vessel basis, respectively, both p < 0.0001). Area under the curve (AUC) values of AccuFFRct for identifying ischemia per-patient and per-vessel basis were 0.945 and 0.925, respectively. There was much higher accuracy, specificity and AUC for AccuFFRct compared with CCTA.CONCLUSIONS:
AccuFFRct computed from CCTA images alone demonstrated high diagnostic performance for detecting lesion-specific ischemia, it showed superior diagnostic power than CCTA and eliminated the risk of invasive tests, which could be an accurate and time-efficient computational tool for diagnosing ischemia and assisting clinical decision-making.Palabras clave
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria
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Estenosis Coronaria
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Reserva del Flujo Fraccional Miocárdico
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biomed Eng Online
Asunto de la revista:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China