期刊
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
卷 73, 期 2, 页码 533-541出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.06.045
关键词
Carotid artery disease; Carotid endarterectomy; Preoperative cardiac evaluation; Silent myocardial ischemia; Coronary CT-derived fractional flow reserve; Coronary revascularization; Survival analysis
资金
- University of Latvia Foundation
- Latvian Council of Science [2018/2-0295]
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of silent coronary ischemia in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy and evaluate the utility of FFRCT in patient selection for coronary revascularization. The results showed that preoperative diagnosis of silent ischemia using CTA and FFRCT can identify high-risk patients, and selective postoperative coronary revascularization may decrease the risk of cardiac events and improve survival. Further longer-term follow-up and controlled trials are needed for confirmation.
Background: Coronary artery disease is the primary cause of death in patients with carotid artery disease and silent ischemia is a marker for adverse coronary events. A new noninvasive cardiac diagnostic test, coronary computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) can reliably identify ischemia-producing coronary stenosis in patients with coronary artery disease and help to select patients for coronary revascularization. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of silent coronary ischemia in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and to evaluate the usefulness of FFRCT in selecting patients for coronary revascularization to decrease cardiac events and improve survival. Methods: Patients with no cardiac history or symptoms admitted for elective CEA were enrolled in a prospective, open-label, institutional review board-approved study and underwent preoperative coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and FFRCT with results available to physicians for patient management. Lesion-specific coronary ischemia was defined as FFRCT of 0.80 or less distal to a focal coronary stenosis with an FFRCT of 0.75 or less, indicating severe ischemia. Primary end point was incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE; defined as cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke) at 30 days and 1 year. Results: Coronary CTA and FFRCT was performed in 90 CEA patients (age 67 +/- 8 years; male 66%). Lesion-specific coronary ischemia was found in 51 patients (57%) with a mean FFRCT of 0.71 +/- 0.14. Severe coronary ischemia was present in 39 patients (43%), 26 patients had multivessel ischemia, and 5 had left main disease. CEA was performed as scheduled in all patients with no postoperative deaths or myocardial infarctions. There were no MACE events at 30 days. After recovery from surgery, 36 patients with significant lesion-specific ischemia underwent coronary angiography with coronary revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting) in 30 patients (33%). Survival at 1 year was 100% and freedom from MACE was 98%. Conclusions: Patients undergoing CEA have a high prevalence of unsuspected (silent) coronary ischemia, which may place them at risk for coronary events. Preoperative diagnosis of silent ischemia using CTA and FFRCT can identify high-risk patients and help to guide patient management. Selective postoperative coronary revascularization of patients with significant ischemia may decrease the risk of cardiac events and improve survival, but longer follow-up is needed and prospective, controlled trials are indicated.
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