TY - JOUR
T1 - Progression of whole-heart atherosclerosis by coronary CT and major adverse cardiovascular events
AU - Rosendael, Alexander R. van
AU - Lin, Fay Y.
AU - Hoogen, Inge J. van den
AU - Ma, Xiaoyue
AU - Gianni, Umberto
AU - Al Hussein Alawamlh, Omar
AU - Al'Aref, Subhi J.
AU - Peña, Jessica M.
AU - Andreini, Daniele
AU - Budoff, Matthew J.
AU - Cademartiri, Filippo
AU - Chinnaiyan, Kavitha
AU - Choi, Jung Hyun
AU - Conte, Edoardo
AU - Marques, Hugo
AU - de Araújo Gonçalves, Pedro
AU - Gottlieb, Ilan
AU - Hadamitzky, Martin
AU - Leipsic, Jonathon
AU - Maffei, Erica
AU - Pontone, Gianluca
AU - Raff, Gilbert L.
AU - Shin, Sanghoon
AU - Kim, Yong Jin
AU - Lee, Byoung Kwon
AU - Chun, Eun Ju
AU - Sung, Ji Min
AU - Lee, Sang Eun
AU - Han, Donghee
AU - Berman, Daniel S.
AU - Virmani, Renu
AU - Samady, Habib
AU - Stone, Peter
AU - Narula, Jagat
AU - Bax, Jeroen J.
AU - Shaw, Leslee J.
AU - Min, James K.
AU - Chang, Hyuk Jae
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Leading Foreign Research Institute Recruitment Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT ( MSIT ) (Grant No. 2012027176 ). The study was also funded in part by a generous gift from the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging (New York, NY) and the Michael Wolk Foundation (New York, NY).
Funding Information:
Dr. James K. Min receives funding from the Dalio Foundation , National Institutes of Health , and GE Healthcare . Dr. Min serves on the scientific advisory board of Arineta and GE Healthcare, and has an equity interest in Cleerly. Dr. Habib Samady serves on the medical advisory board of Philips and has equity holding in Covanos. The remaining authors have no relevant disclosures.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Background: The current study aimed to examine the independent prognostic value of whole-heart atherosclerosis progression by serial coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Methods: The multi-center PARADIGM study includes patients undergoing serial CCTA for symptomatic reasons, ≥2 years apart. Whole-heart atherosclerosis was characterized on a segmental level, with co-registration of baseline and follow-up CCTA, and summed to per-patient level. The independent prognostic significance of atherosclerosis progression for MACE (non-fatal myocardial infarction [MI], death, unplanned coronary revascularization) was examined. Patients experiencing interval MACE were not omitted. Results: The study population comprised 1166 patients (age 60.5 ± 9.5 years, 54.7% male) who experienced 139 MACE events during 8.2 (IQR 6.2, 9.5) years of follow up (15 death, 5 non-fatal MI, 119 unplanned revascularizations). Whole-heart percent atheroma volume (PAV) increased from 2.32% at baseline to 4.04% at follow-up. Adjusted for baseline PAV, the annualized increase in PAV was independently associated with MACE: OR 1.23 (95% CI 1.08, 1.39) per 1 standard deviation increase, which was consistent in multiple subpopulations. When categorized by composition, only non-calcified plaque progression associated independently with MACE, while calcified plaque did not. Restricting to patients without events before follow-up CCTA, those with future MACE showed an annualized increase in PAV of 0.93% (IQR 0.34, 1.96) vs 0.32% (IQR 0.02, 0.90), P < 0.001. Conclusions: Whole-heart atherosclerosis progression examined by serial CCTA is independently associated with MACE, with a prognostic threshold of 1.0% increase in PAV per year.
AB - Background: The current study aimed to examine the independent prognostic value of whole-heart atherosclerosis progression by serial coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Methods: The multi-center PARADIGM study includes patients undergoing serial CCTA for symptomatic reasons, ≥2 years apart. Whole-heart atherosclerosis was characterized on a segmental level, with co-registration of baseline and follow-up CCTA, and summed to per-patient level. The independent prognostic significance of atherosclerosis progression for MACE (non-fatal myocardial infarction [MI], death, unplanned coronary revascularization) was examined. Patients experiencing interval MACE were not omitted. Results: The study population comprised 1166 patients (age 60.5 ± 9.5 years, 54.7% male) who experienced 139 MACE events during 8.2 (IQR 6.2, 9.5) years of follow up (15 death, 5 non-fatal MI, 119 unplanned revascularizations). Whole-heart percent atheroma volume (PAV) increased from 2.32% at baseline to 4.04% at follow-up. Adjusted for baseline PAV, the annualized increase in PAV was independently associated with MACE: OR 1.23 (95% CI 1.08, 1.39) per 1 standard deviation increase, which was consistent in multiple subpopulations. When categorized by composition, only non-calcified plaque progression associated independently with MACE, while calcified plaque did not. Restricting to patients without events before follow-up CCTA, those with future MACE showed an annualized increase in PAV of 0.93% (IQR 0.34, 1.96) vs 0.32% (IQR 0.02, 0.90), P < 0.001. Conclusions: Whole-heart atherosclerosis progression examined by serial CCTA is independently associated with MACE, with a prognostic threshold of 1.0% increase in PAV per year.
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Coronary CTA
KW - Plaque progression
KW - Risk stratification
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099478733&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcct.2020.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jcct.2020.12.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 33451974
AN - SCOPUS:85099478733
SN - 1934-5925
VL - 15
SP - 322
EP - 330
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
IS - 4
ER -
