Automated calcium scores collected during myocardial perfusion imaging improve identification of obstructive coronary artery disease.

AP, Angina pectoris AUC, Area under the curve CABG, Coronary artery bypass grating CAC, Coronary artery calcium CAD, Coronary artery disease CAG, Coronary angiography CFR, Coronary flow reserve CI, Confidence interval CVD, Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular imaging Coronary artery calcium Deep learning FFR, Fractional flow reserve MBF, Myocardial blood flow MI, myocardial infraction MPI, Myocardial perfusion imaging Myocardial perfusion imaging NPV, Negative predictive value OR, Odds ratio Obstructive coronary artery disease PCI, Percutaneous coronary intervention PET/CT, Positron emission tomography/computed tomography PPV, Positive predictive value QCA, Quantitative coronary angiography ROC, Receiver operator characteristic SD, Standard deviation SDS, Summed difference score WMA, Wall motion abnormalities

Journal

International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature
ISSN: 2352-9067
Titre abrégé: Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 101649525

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2020
Historique:
received: 01 08 2019
revised: 16 10 2019
accepted: 18 10 2019
entrez: 27 11 2019
pubmed: 27 11 2019
medline: 27 11 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is an accurate noninvasive test for patients with suspected obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is known to be a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events. Collection of CAC scores simultaneously with MPI is unexplored. We aimed to investigate whether automatically derived CAC scores during myocardial perfusion imaging would further improve the diagnostic accuracy of MPI to detect obstructive CAD. We analyzed 150 consecutive patients without a history of coronary revascularization with suspected obstructive CAD who were referred for 82Rb PET/CT and available coronary angiographic data. Myocardial perfusion was evaluated both semi quantitatively as well as quantitatively according to the European guidelines. CAC scores were automatically derived from the low-dose attenuation correction CT scans using previously developed software based on deep learning. Obstructive CAD was defined as stenosis >70% (or >50% in the left main coronary artery) and/or fractional flow reserve (FFR) ≤0.80. In total 58% of patients had obstructive CAD of which seventy-four percent were male. Addition of CAC scores to MPI and clinical predictors significantly improved the diagnostic accuracy of MPI to detect obstructive CAD. The area under the curve (AUC) increased from 0.87 to 0.91 (p: 0.025). Sensitivity and specificity analysis showed an incremental decrease in false negative tests with our MPI + CAC approach (n = 14 to n = 4), as a consequence an increase in false positive tests was seen (n = 11 to n = 28). CAC scores collected simultaneously with MPI improve the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients without a history of coronary revascularization.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is an accurate noninvasive test for patients with suspected obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is known to be a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events. Collection of CAC scores simultaneously with MPI is unexplored.
AIM OBJECTIVE
We aimed to investigate whether automatically derived CAC scores during myocardial perfusion imaging would further improve the diagnostic accuracy of MPI to detect obstructive CAD.
METHODS METHODS
We analyzed 150 consecutive patients without a history of coronary revascularization with suspected obstructive CAD who were referred for 82Rb PET/CT and available coronary angiographic data. Myocardial perfusion was evaluated both semi quantitatively as well as quantitatively according to the European guidelines. CAC scores were automatically derived from the low-dose attenuation correction CT scans using previously developed software based on deep learning. Obstructive CAD was defined as stenosis >70% (or >50% in the left main coronary artery) and/or fractional flow reserve (FFR) ≤0.80.
RESULTS RESULTS
In total 58% of patients had obstructive CAD of which seventy-four percent were male. Addition of CAC scores to MPI and clinical predictors significantly improved the diagnostic accuracy of MPI to detect obstructive CAD. The area under the curve (AUC) increased from 0.87 to 0.91 (p: 0.025). Sensitivity and specificity analysis showed an incremental decrease in false negative tests with our MPI + CAC approach (n = 14 to n = 4), as a consequence an increase in false positive tests was seen (n = 11 to n = 28).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
CAC scores collected simultaneously with MPI improve the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients without a history of coronary revascularization.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31768415
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100434
pii: S2352-9067(19)30208-8
pii: 100434
pmc: PMC6872848
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

100434

Informations de copyright

© 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Auteurs

Mirthe Dekker (M)

Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Farahnaz Waissi (F)

Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Ingrid E M Bank (IEM)

Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.

Nikolas Lessmann (N)

Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Ivana Išgum (I)

Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Birgitta K Velthuis (BK)

Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Asbjørn M Scholtens (AM)

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Meander Medical Center, the Netherlands.

Geert E Leenders (GE)

Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Gerard Pasterkamp (G)

Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Dominique P V de Kleijn (DPV)

Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Netherlands Heart Institute, Moreelsepark 1, 3511 EP Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Leo Timmers (L)

Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Arend Mosterd (A)

Department of Cardiology, Meander Medical Center, Maatweg 3, 3813 TZ Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

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