Highlights
- •FFRCT and PAV were independent predictors of 10-year target vessel failure.
- •WSS, ΔFFRCT, and LAPV were independent predictors of 10-year target lesion failure.
- •Plaque and hemodynamic predictors have additive predictability for 10-year outcome.
Abstract
Background and aims
Hemodynamic and plaque characteristics can be analyzed using coronary CT angiography
(CTA). We aimed to explore long-term prognostic implications of hemodynamic and plaque
characteristics using coronary CT angiography (CTA).
Methods
Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) and CTA-derived FFR (FFRCT) were undertaken for 136 lesions in 78 vessels and followed-up to 10 years until
December 2020. FFRCT, wall shear stress (WSS), change in FFRCT across the lesion (ΔFFRCT), total plaque volume (TPV), percent atheroma volume (PAV), and low-attenuation plaque
volume (LAPV) for target lesions [L] and vessels [V] were obtained by independent
core laboratories. Their collective influence was evaluated for the clinical endpoints
of target vessel failure (TVF) and target lesion failure (TLF).
Results
During a median follow-up of 10.1 years, PAV[V] (per 10% increase, HR 2.32 [95% CI
1.11–4.86], p = 0.025), and FFRCT[V] (per 0.1 increase, HR 0.56 [95% CI 0.37–0.84], p = 0.006) were independent predictors of TVF for the per-vessel analysis, and WSS[L]
(per 100 dyne/cm2 increase, HR 1.43 [1.09–1.88], p = 0.010), LAPV[L] (per 10 mm3 increase, HR 3.81 [1.16–12.5], p = 0.028), and ΔFFRCT[L] (per 0.1 increase, HR 1.39 [1.02–1.90], p = 0.040) were independent predictors of TLF for the per-lesion analysis after adjustment
for clinical and lesion characteristics. The addition of both plaque and hemodynamic
predictors improved the predictability for 10-year TVF and TLF of clinical and lesion
characteristics (all p < 0.05).
Conclusions
Vessel- and lesion-level hemodynamic characteristics, and vessel-level plaque quantity,
and lesion-level plaque compositional characteristics assessed by CTA offer independent
and additive long-term prognostic value.
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Publication history
Published online: February 26, 2023
Accepted:
February 21,
2023
Received in revised form:
January 9,
2023
Received:
October 24,
2022
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