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Natural History of Untreated Coronary Total Occlusions Revealed with Follow-Up Semi-Automated Quantitative Coronary CT Angiography: The Morphological Characteristics of Initial CT Predict Occlusion Shortening
Korean Journal of Radiology ; : 256-264, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | WPRIM | ID: wpr-713872
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the morphological changes of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) as determined by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) follow-up using semi-automated quantitative analysis. MATERIALS AND

METHODS:

Thirty patients with 31 CTO lesions confirmed by invasive coronary angiography and baseline/follow-up CCTA were retrospectively included. CTOs were quantitatively analyzed by a semi-automated coronary plaque analysis software (Coronary Plaque Analysis, version 2.0, Siemens) after manually determining the lesion border. Recanalized lumen was defined as the linear-like enhanced opacity traversing the non-opacified occluded segment. Other parameters, such as total occlusion length, total occlusion volume, volume with low attenuation component (< 30 Hounsfield unit [HU]), volume with middle to high attenuation component (30–190 HU) as well as the calcification volume, were also recorded.

RESULTS:

Recanalized lumen was found within 48.4% (15/31) occlusions on the follow-up CCTA, compared to 45.2% (14/31) occlusions on the baseline CCTA. Eleven of 14 lesions (78.6%) with CT-visible recanalized lumen within CTOs had a shorter occlusion length on follow-up compared to only 3 of 17 lesions (17.6%) without CT-visible recanalized lumen (odds ratio, 17.1, p < 0.001). The percentage of low attenuation component of occlusions was smaller on follow-up CCTA compared to baseline value (18.1 ± 20.1% vs. 22.6 ± 19.6%, p = 0.033).

CONCLUSION:

Coronary computed tomography angiography enables non-invasive characterization of natural progression of untreated CTO lesions. Recanalized lumen within CTOs observed at baseline CCTA was associated with shortening of occlusion length on follow-up. Compared to their earlier stage, occlusions of later stage were presented with higher density of non-calcified components.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Angiografia / Estudos Retrospectivos / Seguimentos / Angiografia Coronária / História Natural / Intervenção Coronária Percutânea Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Estudo prognóstico / Fatores de risco Limite: Humanos Idioma: Inglês Revista: Korean Journal of Radiology Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Angiografia / Estudos Retrospectivos / Seguimentos / Angiografia Coronária / História Natural / Intervenção Coronária Percutânea Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Estudo prognóstico / Fatores de risco Limite: Humanos Idioma: Inglês Revista: Korean Journal of Radiology Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Artigo