Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography -...
Transcript of Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography -...
![Page 1: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Eleni C VourvouriCardiologist, PhD, FESC
Euromedica Geniki Kliniki,
Research Associate, 2nd Cardiology Department, Hippokrateio University Hospital, Thessaloniki
CT Coronary Angiography -
Indications:
From the guidelines to clinical practice
Multimodality Working Group of Cardiovascular Imaging
(Nuc C, CCT CMR)
Hellenic Cardiology Society Seminars, Thessaloniki, 2017
![Page 2: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
![Page 3: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
CT-coronary angiography: developments
Year
Cardiac
motion
Artefacts =
(Temp.
Resolution)
(ms)
Breath hold
time (s)
Spiral
CT
1990
1000
-
EBCT
CA
1995
100
40
4-slice
MS-CT
1998
500
40
12-16 slice
MS-CT
2002
420
20
16 slice
MS-CT
2003
370
20
64 slice
MS-CT
2004
165
10
64 slice
MSCT
Dual
source
2006
75
<10
![Page 4: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Year
Cardiac
motion
Artefacts =
(Temp.
Resolution)
(ms)
Breath hold
time (s)
Spiral
CT
1990
1000
-
EBCT
CA
1995
100
40
4-slice
MS-CT
1998
500
40
12-16 slice
MS-CT
2002
420
20
64 slice
MS-CT
2004
165
10
16 slice
MS-CT
2003
370
20
64 slice
MSCT
Dual
source
2006
75
<10
CT-coronary angiography: developments
![Page 5: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
• Coronary Calcification (CAS)
• Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA) • Aortic Assessment (anuerysm, dissection)
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pericardial disease
• Congenital heart disease
• Cardiac thrombi & tumor
• Quantification cardiac anatomy & volumes, global & regional function
• Venous Anatomy – Pulmonary and Coronaryveins pre-procedure
CT – Cardiac Applications
![Page 6: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
“Appropriateness Criteria“
![Page 8: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Budoff M et al. Circulation 2006
1. Patients with low to intermediate likelihood of CAD:
Class IIa, B
2. Follow-up of percutaneous coronary intervention:
Class III, C
3. Follow-up after bypass surgery: Class IIb, C
4. Anomalous coronary arteries: Class IIa, C
![Page 9: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA
ACCF/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS
2013 Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for the Detection and Risk
Assessment of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use
Criteria Task Force, American Heart Association, American Society of
Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society
of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and
Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2014 by the American College of Cardiology
Foundation
![Page 14: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Symptomatic
A = appropriate
M = may be appropriate
R = rarely appropriate
![Page 15: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Uncertain Prior Results (sequential testing 90 Days)
![Page 16: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Abnormal Prior Test/Study (sequential testing 90 Days)
![Page 17: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
New or worsening symptoms (Follow- up Testing)
![Page 18: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Post revascularization
(PCI or CABG)
Symptomatic
Post revascularization
(PCI or CABG)
Asymptomatic
![Page 19: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Asymptomatic
![Page 20: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
![Page 21: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
![Page 22: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
![Page 23: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY
What does it offer to the cardiologist?
![Page 24: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
No calcification Mild Severe
CT Calcium Score : Predictive Value
Calcium Score
≤ 10
11 – 100
101 – 400
401 – 1000
> 1000
NP
5946
2044
1432
632
332
All-cause death %
1.0
2.6
3.8
6.3
12.3
Relative Risk Ratio
---
2.5
3.6
6.2
12.3
Shaw Radiology 2003;228:826
![Page 25: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Shaw Radiology 2003;228:826
EBCT Calcium score modifies Framingham Risk Score:
predicted mortality at 5 years
10.377 high-risk asymptomatic individuals
Mean 53 yrs, male: 60%
0.01
0.06
0.04
0.02
0Low Risk
N=1.302
Intermediate Risk
N=5.876High risk
N=3.194
0.08
<10
11 - 100
101-400
401 - 1000
> 1000
Framingham Risk stratification
0.12
0.14
![Page 26: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Estimation of presence of coronary artery disease
Age, Sex, Symptoms
Age, Sex, Symptoms,
diabetes, hypertension,
dyslipidaemia and smoking
1.Diamond and Forrester modelN Eng J Med. 1979;300:1350-8
2. Duke clinical scoreAnn Intern Med 1993;118:81-90
![Page 27: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Estimation of presence of coronary artery disease
Age, Sex, Symptoms
Age, Sex, Symptoms,
diabetes, hypertension,
dyslipidaemia and smoking
1.Diamond and Forrester modelN Eng J Med. 1979;300:1350-8
2. Duke clinical scoreAnn Intern Med 1993;118:81-90
3. New prediction model
BMJ 2012;344:E3485
Age, Sex, Symptoms,
diabetes, hypertension,
dyslipidaemia and smoking
Coronary Calcium Score
![Page 28: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
![Page 29: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Hadamitzky M et al, Eur Heart J 2013
Pundziute G et al, JACC 2007
![Page 30: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
![Page 31: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
CONFIRM REGISTRYCoronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN
For Clinical Outcomes
Min J , JCCT 2011
Dynamic registry of >32,000 consecutive patients,
12 sites in 6 countries (US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland,
Italy & Korea)
Database locked in 2010
![Page 32: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
![Page 33: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Kaplan Meier for MORTALITY-FREE
Survival
Kaplan Meier for MACE-FREE
Survival
![Page 34: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION
The value of the additional information
![Page 35: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Plaque Type
Calcified
Partly calcified
“Mixed“
Non-calcified
![Page 36: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Motoyama, JACC 2007
Schuijf et al, Acad Radiol 2007
Hoffmann, AJC 2006
Post-hoc Analysis of Plaques in ACS:
- More non-calcified components than stable lesions
- Positive Remodeling (87%)
- “Spotty“ calcification
- Lower CT attenuation (< 30 HU)
![Page 37: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Atherosclerotic plaque characteristics-APCS
Positive Remodelling RI (Remodelling Index) >=1,10
Low attenuation plaque: HU <30
Spotty calcification < 3mm
![Page 38: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
RI=Maximum
Reference
Maximun
Reference
![Page 39: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
![Page 40: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Subjects analysed 254
10 participating centers worldwide
Norgaard JACC 2014;63:1145-1155
![Page 41: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
![Page 42: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
CCTA Invasive angiography FFR FFRCT= no ischemia
No ischemia
ischemia
![Page 43: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Additive diagnostic value of atherosclerotic plaque
characteristics to non-invasive FFR for identification of
lesions causing ischaemia: results from a prospective
international multicentre trial
Ryo Nakazato, MD; Hyung-Bok Park, MD; Heidi Gransar, MSc;
Jonathon A. Leipsic, MD; Matthew J. Budoff, MD; G.B. John Mancini, MD;
Andrejs Erglis, MD; Daniel S. Berman, MD; James K. Min
EuroIntervention 2015 Sep
![Page 44: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
![Page 45: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
CT characteristics of a stable plaque
RI= 0,87
![Page 46: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
CT characteristics of a high risk plaque
Positive remodelling
Low attenuation
Spotty calcification
![Page 47: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Plaque modulation, as part of risk modification, is a feasible strategy
![Page 48: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
![Page 49: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
![Page 50: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
![Page 51: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
2016
![Page 52: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
![Page 53: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
All-cause mortality benefit of coronary revascularization
vs. medical therapy in patients without known coronary
artery disease undergoing coronary computed
tomographic angiography: results from CONFIRM
(COronaryCT Angiography EvaluatioN For
ClinicalOutcomes: An InteRnational MulticenterRegistry)
James Min et al, Eur Heart J , 2012
CONFIRM REGISTRYCoronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN
For Clinical Outcomes
![Page 54: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
15 223 patients
F/up 2.1 y
Clinical
endpoints:
all cause
mortality
High risk CAD:
2-vessel with
prox LAD, prox
LAD, 3-vessel,
LM CAD
CONFIRM (COronaryCT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes:
An InteRnational MulticenterRegistry
![Page 55: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
![Page 56: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
CONCLUSIONS
Tremendous growth in EVOLUTION of cardiovascular computed tomography
Numerous MULTICENTER TRIALS and REGISTRIES about clinical value
of CCTA
HIGH DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE
![Page 57: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION
•High risk plaques or : positive remodelling and low attenuation
and spotty calcification
•FFR-CT : novel non invasive method for determining lesion
specific ishemia
•The combination of atherosclerotic plaque characteristics (PR,
LAP, SC) and FFR-CT may improve identification of lesion
specific ischemia
Conclusions
![Page 58: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
There are significant discrepancies between
discharge prescription of statin
and ASA with the presence and extent of CAD
Physican knowledge of CCT results to improved alignment
of aspirin and statin with the presence and severity of CAD
Use of statin results in substantial reduction
in low attenuation plaque volume
Future research examining how CCTA truly affects
prescription behavior of
preventive medical therapy and downstream outcomes
A broader implementation of a CCTA guided strategy
in clinical practice could improve patient management
Conclusions
![Page 59: Eleni C Vourvouristatic.livemedia.gr/hcs2/documents/al19480_us41... · CT Coronary Angiography - Indications: From the guidelines to clinical practice ... & regional function •](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051512/603febcdc996e83bc572a571/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
THANK YOU