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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 350-358出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s12350-020-02242-w
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Coronary artery disease; single-photon emission computed tomography; computed tomography angiography
"This study aimed to assess the diagnostic value of TAG in predicting ischemia in SPECT-MPI and the correlation between TAG and TCG. However, the results showed that TAG and TCG in CCTA do not offer any value in predicting ischemia assessed by SPECT-MPI. Additionally, TAG is partly affected by differences in the coronary luminal area."
Background Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-based transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) was suggested to determine the functional significance of a stenosis. However, evidence that TAG acquired by wide-volume scanners can assess the hemodynamic significance of stenosis assessed by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is lacking. Moreover, coronary cross-sectional area may influence TAG. Hence, we aimed at assessing the diagnostic value of TAG to predict ischemia in SPECT-MPI and the correlation between TAG and the transluminal cross-sectional area gradient (TCG). Methods Patients undergoing CCTA and SPECT-MPI for suspected coronary artery disease were included. TAG and TCG were calculated measuring the mean vessel attenuation and the cross-sectional area along major coronary vessels at 5-mm intervals. Results A total of 255 coronary arteries of 87 patients were included. TAG and TCG did not discriminate between coronary arteries with or without ischemia as assessed by SPECT-MPI (p = .44 andp = .25, respectively). The area under the curve to predict ischemia was not increased by adding TAG (0.88, 95% CI 0.83-0.92) or TCG (0.87, 95% CI 0.81-0.90) to CCTA alone (0.85, 95% CI 0.80-0.89). There was a significant correlation between TAG and TCG (r= 0.43;p < .001). Conclusions CCTA-derived TAG and TCG do not offer any value in predicting ischemia assessed by SPECT-MPI. TAG is partly affected by differences in the coronary luminal area.
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