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Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate computed tomography fractional flow reserve (FFR(CT)) values in distal parts of the coronaries in an asymptomatic cohort of marathon runners without any coronary stenosis for potentially false-positive values. METHODS: Ninety-eight asymptomatic male marathon runners (age 53 ±...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8589749/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34041572 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08027-0 |
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author | Gassenmaier, Sebastian Tsiflikas, Ilias Greulich, Simon Kuebler, Jens Hagen, Florian Nikolaou, Konstantin Niess, Andreas M. Burgstahler, Christof Krumm, Patrick |
author_facet | Gassenmaier, Sebastian Tsiflikas, Ilias Greulich, Simon Kuebler, Jens Hagen, Florian Nikolaou, Konstantin Niess, Andreas M. Burgstahler, Christof Krumm, Patrick |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To evaluate computed tomography fractional flow reserve (FFR(CT)) values in distal parts of the coronaries in an asymptomatic cohort of marathon runners without any coronary stenosis for potentially false-positive values. METHODS: Ninety-eight asymptomatic male marathon runners (age 53 ± 7 years) were enrolled in a prospective monocentric study and underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). CCTA data were analyzed for visual coronary artery stenosis. FFR(CT) was evaluated in 59 participants without coronary artery stenosis in proximal, mid, and distal coronary sections using an on-site software prototype. RESULTS: In participants without coronary artery stenosis, abnormal FFR(CT) values ≤ 0.8 in distal segments were found in 22 participants (37%); in 19 participants in the LAD; in 5 participants in the LCX; and in 4 participants in the RCA. Vessel diameters in participants with FFR(CT) values > 0.80 compared to ≤ 0.80 were 1.6 ± 0.3 mm versus 1.5 ± 0.3 mm for distal LAD (p = 0.025), 1.8 ± 0.3 mm versus 1.6 ± 0.5 mm for distal LCX (p = 0.183), and 2.0 ± 0.4 mm versus 1.5 ± 0.2 mm for distal RCA (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Abnormal FFR(CT) values of ≤ 0.8 frequently occurred in distal coronary segments in subjects without any anatomical coronary artery stenosis. This effect is only to some degree explainable by small distal vessel diameters. Therefore, the validity of hemodynamic relevance evaluation using FFR(CT) in distal coronary artery segment stenosis is reduced. KEY POINTS: • Abnormal FFR (CT) values (≤ 0.8) occurred in over a third of the subjects in the distal LAD despite the absence of coronary artery stenosis.. • Therefore, the validity of hemodynamic relevance evaluation in distal coronary artery segment stenosis is reduced. • Decision-making based on abnormal FFR (CT) values in distal vessel sections should be performed with caution and only in combination with visual assessment of the grade of stenosis.. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00330-021-08027-0. |
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spelling | pubmed-85897492021-11-15 Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort Gassenmaier, Sebastian Tsiflikas, Ilias Greulich, Simon Kuebler, Jens Hagen, Florian Nikolaou, Konstantin Niess, Andreas M. Burgstahler, Christof Krumm, Patrick Eur Radiol Cardiac OBJECTIVES: To evaluate computed tomography fractional flow reserve (FFR(CT)) values in distal parts of the coronaries in an asymptomatic cohort of marathon runners without any coronary stenosis for potentially false-positive values. METHODS: Ninety-eight asymptomatic male marathon runners (age 53 ± 7 years) were enrolled in a prospective monocentric study and underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). CCTA data were analyzed for visual coronary artery stenosis. FFR(CT) was evaluated in 59 participants without coronary artery stenosis in proximal, mid, and distal coronary sections using an on-site software prototype. RESULTS: In participants without coronary artery stenosis, abnormal FFR(CT) values ≤ 0.8 in distal segments were found in 22 participants (37%); in 19 participants in the LAD; in 5 participants in the LCX; and in 4 participants in the RCA. Vessel diameters in participants with FFR(CT) values > 0.80 compared to ≤ 0.80 were 1.6 ± 0.3 mm versus 1.5 ± 0.3 mm for distal LAD (p = 0.025), 1.8 ± 0.3 mm versus 1.6 ± 0.5 mm for distal LCX (p = 0.183), and 2.0 ± 0.4 mm versus 1.5 ± 0.2 mm for distal RCA (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Abnormal FFR(CT) values of ≤ 0.8 frequently occurred in distal coronary segments in subjects without any anatomical coronary artery stenosis. This effect is only to some degree explainable by small distal vessel diameters. Therefore, the validity of hemodynamic relevance evaluation using FFR(CT) in distal coronary artery segment stenosis is reduced. KEY POINTS: • Abnormal FFR (CT) values (≤ 0.8) occurred in over a third of the subjects in the distal LAD despite the absence of coronary artery stenosis.. • Therefore, the validity of hemodynamic relevance evaluation in distal coronary artery segment stenosis is reduced. • Decision-making based on abnormal FFR (CT) values in distal vessel sections should be performed with caution and only in combination with visual assessment of the grade of stenosis.. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00330-021-08027-0. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-05-26 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8589749/ /pubmed/34041572 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08027-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Cardiac Gassenmaier, Sebastian Tsiflikas, Ilias Greulich, Simon Kuebler, Jens Hagen, Florian Nikolaou, Konstantin Niess, Andreas M. Burgstahler, Christof Krumm, Patrick Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort |
title | Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort |
title_full | Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort |
title_short | Prevalence of pathological FFR(CT) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort |
title_sort | prevalence of pathological ffr(ct) values without coronary artery stenosis in an asymptomatic marathon runner cohort |
topic | Cardiac |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8589749/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34041572 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08027-0 |
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