Smoking and obesity predict high-risk plaque by coronary CTA in low coronary artery calcium score (CACS).
Atherosclerosis
Computed tomography angiography
Coronary artery disease
High-risk plaque
Journal
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
ISSN: 1876-861X
Titre abrégé: J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101308347
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
23
11
2020
revised:
12
04
2021
accepted:
17
04
2021
pubmed:
3
5
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
entrez:
2
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The AHA recommends statins in patients with CACS>100 AU. However in patients with low CACS (1-99 AU), no clear statement is provided, leaving the clinician in a grey-zone. High-risk plaque (HRP) criteria by coronary CTA are novel imaging biomarkers indicating a higher a-priori cardiovascular (CV) risk, which could help for decision-making. Therefore the objective of our study was to identify which CV-risk factors predict HRP in patients with low CACS 1-99. 1003 symptomatic patients with low-to-intermediate risk, a clinical indication for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and who had a coronary artery calcium score (CACS) between 1 and 99 AU, were enrolled. CCTA analysis included: stenosis severity and HRP-criteria: low-attenuation plaque (LAP <30HU, <60HU and <90HU) napkin-ring-sign, spotty calcification and positive remodeling. Multivariate regression models were created for predicting HRP-criteria by the major 5 cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) (smoking, arterial hypertension, positive family history, dyslipidemia, diabetes) and obesity (BMI>25 kg/m 304 (33.5%) were smokers. 20.4% of smokers had HRP compared with only 14.9% of non-smokers (p = 0.045). Male gender was associated with HRP (p < 0.001). Smoking but not the other 5 CVRF had the most associations with HRP-criteria (LAP<60HU/≥2 criteria:OR 1.59; 95%CI:1.07-2.35), LAP<90HU (OR 1.57; 95%CI:1.01-2.43), Napkin-Ring-Sign (OR 1.78; 95%CI:1.02-3.1) and positive remodelling (OR 1.54; 95%CI:1.09-2.19). Smoking predicted fibrofatty LAP<90HU in males only. Obesity predicted LAP<60HU in both females and males. In patients with low CACS 1-99AU, male gender, smoking and obesity, but not the other CVRF predict HRP. These patients would rather benefit from intensification of primary CV-prevention measures such as statins.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The AHA recommends statins in patients with CACS>100 AU. However in patients with low CACS (1-99 AU), no clear statement is provided, leaving the clinician in a grey-zone. High-risk plaque (HRP) criteria by coronary CTA are novel imaging biomarkers indicating a higher a-priori cardiovascular (CV) risk, which could help for decision-making. Therefore the objective of our study was to identify which CV-risk factors predict HRP in patients with low CACS 1-99.
METHODS
METHODS
1003 symptomatic patients with low-to-intermediate risk, a clinical indication for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and who had a coronary artery calcium score (CACS) between 1 and 99 AU, were enrolled. CCTA analysis included: stenosis severity and HRP-criteria: low-attenuation plaque (LAP <30HU, <60HU and <90HU) napkin-ring-sign, spotty calcification and positive remodeling. Multivariate regression models were created for predicting HRP-criteria by the major 5 cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) (smoking, arterial hypertension, positive family history, dyslipidemia, diabetes) and obesity (BMI>25 kg/m
RESULTS
RESULTS
304 (33.5%) were smokers. 20.4% of smokers had HRP compared with only 14.9% of non-smokers (p = 0.045). Male gender was associated with HRP (p < 0.001). Smoking but not the other 5 CVRF had the most associations with HRP-criteria (LAP<60HU/≥2 criteria:OR 1.59; 95%CI:1.07-2.35), LAP<90HU (OR 1.57; 95%CI:1.01-2.43), Napkin-Ring-Sign (OR 1.78; 95%CI:1.02-3.1) and positive remodelling (OR 1.54; 95%CI:1.09-2.19). Smoking predicted fibrofatty LAP<90HU in males only. Obesity predicted LAP<60HU in both females and males.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
In patients with low CACS 1-99AU, male gender, smoking and obesity, but not the other CVRF predict HRP. These patients would rather benefit from intensification of primary CV-prevention measures such as statins.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33933380
pii: S1934-5925(21)00058-7
doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2021.04.003
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Calcium
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
499-505Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.