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Impact of morphofunctional assessment with quantitative flow ratio and optical coherence tomography in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
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EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology [EuroIntervention] 2024 Aug 05; Vol. 20 (15), pp. e927-e936. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 05. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Combining morphological and physiological evaluations might improve the risk stratification of patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) culprit lesions.<br />Aims: We aimed to investigate the clinical utility of morphofunctional evaluation after PCI for identifying ACS patients with increased risk of subsequent clinical events.<br />Methods: We retrospectively studied 298 consecutive ACS patients who had undergone optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided PCI. We performed OCT-based morphological analysis and quantitative flow ratio (QFR)-based physiological assessment immediately after PCI. The non-culprit segment (NCS) was defined as the most stenotic untreated segment in the culprit vessel. The primary outcome was target vessel failure (TVF), a composite of cardiac death, target vessel-related myocardial infarction, and ischaemia-driven target vessel revascularisation.<br />Results: During a median follow-up period of 990 days, 42 patients experienced TVF. Cox regression analysis revealed that the presence of thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) in the NCS and a low post-PCI QFR, or the presence of TCFA in the NCS and a high ΔQFR in the NCS (QFR <subscript>NCS</subscript> ), were independently associated with TVF. The subgroup with TCFA in the NCS and a low post-PCI QFR had a significantly higher incidence of TVF (75%) than the other subgroups, and those with TCFA in the NCS and a high ΔQFR <subscript>NCS</subscript> had a significantly higher incidence of TVF (86%) than the other subgroups. The integration of TCFA in NCS, post-PCI QFR, and ΔQFR <subscript>NCS</subscript> with traditional risk factors significantly enhanced the identification of subsequent TVF cases.<br />Conclusions: Combining post-PCI OCT and QFR evaluation may enhance risk stratification for ACS patients after successful PCI, particularly in predicting subsequent TVF.
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- Humans
Male
Female
Middle Aged
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Coronary Vessels diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels physiopathology
Treatment Outcome
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Coronary Angiography
Tomography, Optical Coherence methods
Acute Coronary Syndrome diagnostic imaging
Acute Coronary Syndrome physiopathology
Acute Coronary Syndrome therapy
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1969-6213
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39099378
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-23-01043