Andrew Van Tosh1, John R Votaw2, C David Cooke2, J Jane Cao3, Christopher J Palestro4,5, Kenneth J Nichols4,5. 1. Research Department, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn NY, 100 Port Washington Blvd., Roslyn, NY, 11576-1348, USA. Andrew.VanTosh@chsli.org. 2. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. 3. Research Department, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn NY, 100 Port Washington Blvd., Roslyn, NY, 11576-1348, USA. 4. Department of Radiology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA. 5. Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Asynchrony has been reported to be a marker of ischemic-induced left ventricular dysfunction, the magnitude of which correlates with extent of epicardial coronary disease. We wished to determine whether normal-appearing arterial territories with mild degrees of asynchrony have lower 82Rb PET absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) and/or lower myocardial flow reserve (MFR). METHODS AND RESULTS: Data were examined retrospectively for 105 patients evaluated for known/suspected CAD who underwent rest/regadenoson-stress 82Rb PET/CT and quantitative coronary angiography. Rest and stress absolute MBF and MFR were quantified from first-pass 82Rb PET curves. Regional relative myocardial perfusion summed stress score (SSS), summed rest score (SRS), regional phase bandwidth (BW), and regional semi-quantitative asynchrony visual scores of (Asynch) were assessed. We found that in apparently normal arteries (SSS < 4, SRS < 4 and stenosis < 70%), those with abnormally low MFR < 2.0 compared to those with MFR ≥ 2.0 had larger phase BW (186 ± 79° vs 158 ± 67°, P = .02), and more visually apparent Asynch (5.7 ± 4.2 vs 3.9 ± 3.6, P = .02), which was associated with increasing stenosis values (ρ = 0.44, P < .0001). CONCLUSION: A subgroup of coronary territories with normal relative perfusion and normal or non-obstructive coronary disease may have reduced MFR, which is signaled physiologically by a mild degree of left ventricular asynchrony.
BACKGROUND: Asynchrony has been reported to be a marker of ischemic-induced left ventricular dysfunction, the magnitude of which correlates with extent of epicardial coronary disease. We wished to determine whether normal-appearing arterial territories with mild degrees of asynchrony have lower 82Rb PET absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) and/or lower myocardial flow reserve (MFR). METHODS AND RESULTS: Data were examined retrospectively for 105 patients evaluated for known/suspected CAD who underwent rest/regadenoson-stress 82Rb PET/CT and quantitative coronary angiography. Rest and stress absolute MBF and MFR were quantified from first-pass 82Rb PET curves. Regional relative myocardial perfusion summed stress score (SSS), summed rest score (SRS), regional phase bandwidth (BW), and regional semi-quantitative asynchrony visual scores of (Asynch) were assessed. We found that in apparently normal arteries (SSS < 4, SRS < 4 and stenosis < 70%), those with abnormally low MFR < 2.0 compared to those with MFR ≥ 2.0 had larger phase BW (186 ± 79° vs 158 ± 67°, P = .02), and more visually apparent Asynch (5.7 ± 4.2 vs 3.9 ± 3.6, P = .02), which was associated with increasing stenosis values (ρ = 0.44, P < .0001). CONCLUSION: A subgroup of coronary territories with normal relative perfusion and normal or non-obstructive coronary disease may have reduced MFR, which is signaled physiologically by a mild degree of left ventricular asynchrony.
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PET; Physiology of myocardial/coronary perfusion; dyssynchrony; microvascular dysfunction; myocardial blood flow; myocardial ischemia and infarction
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