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Coronary Atherosclerotic Precursors of Acute Coronary Syndromes
Chang, Hyuk-Jae,Lin, Fay Y.,Lee, Sang-Eun,Andreini, Daniele,Bax, Jeroen,Cademartiri, Filippo,Chinnaiyan, Kavitha,Chow, Benjamin J.W.,Conte, Edoardo,Cury, Ricardo C.,Feuchtner, Gudrun,Hadamitzky, Marti Elsevier 2018 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY - Vol.71 No.22
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Background</B></P> <P>The association of atherosclerotic features with first acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has not accounted for plaque burden.</P> <P><B>Objectives</B></P> <P>The purpose of this study was to identify atherosclerotic features associated with precursors of ACS.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>We performed a nested case-control study within a cohort of 25,251 patients undergoing coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) with follow-up over 3.4 ± 2.1 years. Patients with ACS and nonevent patients with no prior coronary artery disease (CAD) were propensity matched 1:1 for risk factors and coronary CTA–evaluated obstructive (≥50%) CAD. Separate core laboratories performed blinded adjudication of ACS and culprit lesions and quantification of baseline coronary CTA for percent diameter stenosis (%DS), percent cross-sectional plaque burden (PB), plaque volumes (PVs) by composition (calcified, fibrous, fibrofatty, and necrotic core), and presence of high-risk plaques (HRPs).</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>We identified 234 ACS and control pairs (age 62 years, 63% male). More than 65% of patients with ACS had nonobstructive CAD at baseline, and 52% had HRP. The %DS, cross-sectional PB, fibrofatty and necrotic core volume, and HRP increased the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of ACS (1.010 per %DS, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.005 to 1.015; 1.008 per percent cross-sectional PB, 95% CI: 1.003 to 1.013; 1.002 per mm<SUP>3</SUP> fibrofatty plaque, 95% CI: 1.000 to 1.003; 1.593 per mm<SUP>3</SUP> necrotic core, 95% CI: 1.219 to 2.082; all p < 0.05). Of the 129 culprit lesion precursors identified by coronary CTA, three-fourths exhibited <50% stenosis and 31.0% exhibited HRP.</P> <P><B>Conclusions</B></P> <P>Although ACS increases with %DS, most precursors of ACS cases and culprit lesions are nonobstructive. Plaque evaluation, including HRP, PB, and plaque composition, identifies high-risk patients above and beyond stenosis severity and aggregate plaque burden.</P> <P><B>Central Illustration</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>
Weir-McCall, Jonathan R.,Blanke, Philipp,Sellers, Stephanie L.,Ahmadi, Amir A.,Andreini, Daniele,Budoff, Matthew J.,Cademartiri, Filippo,Chinnaiyan, Kavitha,Choi, Jung Hyun,Chun, Eun Ju,Conte, Edoardo Elsevier 2018 Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography Vol.12 No.3
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Background</B></P> <P>The aim of the study is examine the impact of non-obstructive (<50%stenosis) left main (LM) disease on the natural history of coronary artery disease using serial coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA).</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>CTAs from the PARADIGM (Progression of atherosclerotic plaque determined by computed tomographic angiography imaging) study, a prospective multinational registry of patients who underwent serial CTA at a ≥2 year interval were analyzed. Those without evidence of CAD on their baseline scan were excluded, as were those with obstructive left main disease. Coronary artery vessels and their branches underwent quantification of: plaque volume and composition; diameter stenosis; presence of high-risk plaque.</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>Of 944 (62 ± 9 years, 60% male) who had evidence of CAD at baseline, 444 (47%) had LM disease. Those with LM disease had a higher baseline plaque volume (194.8 ± 221mm3 versus 72.9 ± 84.3mm3, p < 0.001) and a higher prevalence of high-risk plaque (17.5% versus 13%, p < 0.001) than those without LM disease. On multivariable general linear model, patients with LM disease had greater annual rates of progression of total (26.5 ± 31.4mm3/yr versus 14.9 ± 20.1mm3/yr, p < 0.001) and calcified plaque volume (17 ± 24mm3/yr versus 7 ± 11mm3/yr, p < 0.001), with no difference in fibrous, fibrofatty or necrotic core plaque components.</P> <P><B>Conclusion</B></P> <P>The presence of non-obstructive LM disease is associated with greater rates of plaque progression and a higher prevalence of high-risk plaque throughout the entire coronary artery tree compared to CAD without LM involvement. Our data suggests that non-obstructive LM disease may be a marker for an aggressive phenotype of CAD that may benefit from more intensive treatment strategies.</P>