Volume elastic modulus of the brachial artery and coronary artery stenosis in patients with suspected stable coronary artery disease

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1467-1475
Author(s):  
Ryo Munakata ◽  
Toshiaki Otsuka ◽  
Saori Uchiyama ◽  
Tetsuro Shimura ◽  
Osamu Kurihara ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenchen Tu ◽  
Lan Xie ◽  
Zhenjie Wang ◽  
Lili Zhang ◽  
Hongmei Wu ◽  
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Circulation ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 116 (suppl_16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M Carrascosa ◽  
Carlos Capuñay ◽  
Jorge Carrascosa ◽  
Alejandro Deviggiano ◽  
Alejandro Goldsmit ◽  
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Introduction: MDCT coronary angiography has been evolving as a noninvasive method for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD). More recently, It has been demonstrated that MDCT identifies reduced contrast enhancement in ischemic and/or scarred myocardial segments. Objective: to determine the ability of rest-stress multidetector computed tomography (RS-MDCT) to detect myocardial ischemia and to assess the relationship between MDCT myocardial perfusion abnormalities and coronary artery stenosis. Methods: Forty seven patients underwent stress/rest 99mTc sestamibi SPECT and RS-MDCT, using a 16-row detector scanner (Philips Brilliance-16). Myocardial segments were classified by SPECT as normal, ischemic or scarred. SPECT results were then compared with MDCT regional myocardial contrast enhancement. The results of MDCT coronary angiography were also analyzed in 20 patients who underwent invasive catheterization. Results: The presence of a reduction in contrast enhancement at rest by MDCT identified scar by SPECT with 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity. A stress-induced reduction in contrast enhancement by MDCT identified ischemia by SPECT with 77% sensitivity and 99% specificity. The segment-based sensitivity and specificity for the detection of significant stenosis by MDCT were 92% and 98%, respectively. Conclusion: Our results showed that a rest-dipyridamole stress MDCT protocol can identify the presence of myocardial ischemia as well as the severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Rui Hua ◽  
Yijun Li ◽  
Wenyuan Li ◽  
Zhen Wei ◽  
Zuyi Yuan ◽  
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Background and Aims. Lipid metabolism plays important roles in atherosclerosis. Several studies have found that lipoprotein is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and hyperlipidemia. Although the roles of the apolipoprotein B/A1 ratio (ApoB/A1) were originally thought to be atherosclerotic, few studies have focused on the specific relationship between ApoB/A1 and severity of coronary artery stenosis with or without the presence of CAD. Methods. A total of 6956 consecutive patients aged 21–98 years with suspected CAD who had undergone coronary angiography were enrolled. The severity of coronary lesions was evaluated using the Gensini score (GS). The relationships between ApoB/A1 and severity of coronary artery stenosis were evaluated. Results. A total of 1795 non-CAD patients and 5161 CAD patients were included in the observational analysis. Patients with CAD had higher ApoB/A1 than individuals without CAD (0.67 (0.53-0.82) vs. 0.61 (0.49-0.75), p < 0.001 ). In CAD patients, the higher the ApoB/A1 was, the higher the proportion of patients with MI, triple-vessel lesions, and higher Gensini scores. ApoB/A1 was significantly positively correlated with HbA1c and Gensini scores in CAD patients but not in non-CAD patients (all p < 0.001 ). Logistic analyses showed that ApoB/A1 could be a risk factor for multivessel disease (OR: 2.768, 95% CI: 1.868-4.103, p < 0.001 ). ApoB/A1 was found to be significantly positively correlated with the Gensini score in CAD patients. Conclusions. ApoB/A1 is highly associated with the presence and severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients with CAD but not in non-CAD patients.


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