Kajetan Grodecki1,2,3, Sebastien Cadet3, Adam D Staruch1, Anna M Michalowska1,2, Cezary Kepka4, Rafal Wolny1, Jerzy Pregowski1, Mariusz Kruk4, Mariusz Debski4, Artur Debski1, Ilona Michalowska5, Piotr J Slomka3, Adam Witkowski1, Damini Dey3, Maksymilian P Opolski6. 1. Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Alpejska 42, 04-628, Warsaw, Poland. 2. Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. 3. Biomedical Imaging Research Institute and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Program, Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 4. Department of Coronary and Structural Heart Diseases, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. 5. Department of Radiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. 6. Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Alpejska 42, 04-628, Warsaw, Poland. mopolski@ikard.pl.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the incremental value of quantitative plaque features measured from computed tomography angiography (CTA) for predicting side branch (SB) occlusion in coronary bifurcation intervention. METHODS: We included 340 patients with 377 bifurcation lesions in the post hoc analysis of the CT-PRECISION registry. Each bifurcation was divided into three segments: the proximal main vessel (MV), the distal MV, and the SB. Segments with evidence of coronary plaque were analyzed using semi-automated software allowing for quantitative analysis of coronary plaque morphology and stenosis. Coronary plaque measurements included calcified and noncalcified plaque volumes, and corresponding burdens (respective plaque volumes × 100%/vessel volume), remodeling index, and stenosis. RESULTS: SB occlusion occurred in 28 of 377 bifurcation lesions (7.5%). The presence of visually identified plaque in the SB segment, but not in the proximal and distal MV segments, was the only qualitative parameter that predicted SB occlusion with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.792. Among quantitative plaque parameters calculated for the SB segment, the addition of noncalcified plaque burden (AUC 0.840, p = 0.003) and low-density plaque burden (AUC 0.836, p = 0.012) yielded significant improvements in predicting SB occlusion. Using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, optimal cut-offs for noncalcified plaque burden and low-density plaque burden were > 33.6% (86% sensitivity and 78% specificity) and > 0.9% (89% sensitivity and 73% specificity), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: CTA-derived noncalcified plaque burden, when added to the visually identified SB plaque, significantly improves the prediction of SB occlusion in coronary bifurcation intervention. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03709836 registered on October 17, 2018.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the incremental value of quantitative plaque features measured from computed tomography angiography (CTA) for predicting side branch (SB) occlusion in coronary bifurcation intervention. METHODS: We included 340 patients with 377 bifurcation lesions in the post hoc analysis of the CT-PRECISION registry. Each bifurcation was divided into three segments: the proximal main vessel (MV), the distal MV, and the SB. Segments with evidence of coronary plaque were analyzed using semi-automated software allowing for quantitative analysis of coronary plaque morphology and stenosis. Coronary plaque measurements included calcified and noncalcified plaque volumes, and corresponding burdens (respective plaque volumes × 100%/vessel volume), remodeling index, and stenosis. RESULTS:SB occlusion occurred in 28 of 377 bifurcation lesions (7.5%). The presence of visually identified plaque in the SB segment, but not in the proximal and distal MV segments, was the only qualitative parameter that predicted SB occlusion with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.792. Among quantitative plaque parameters calculated for the SB segment, the addition of noncalcified plaque burden (AUC 0.840, p = 0.003) and low-density plaque burden (AUC 0.836, p = 0.012) yielded significant improvements in predicting SB occlusion. Using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, optimal cut-offs for noncalcified plaque burden and low-density plaque burden were > 33.6% (86% sensitivity and 78% specificity) and > 0.9% (89% sensitivity and 73% specificity), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: CTA-derived noncalcified plaque burden, when added to the visually identified SB plaque, significantly improves the prediction of SB occlusion in coronary bifurcation intervention. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03709836 registered on October 17, 2018.
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