scholarly journals Imaging of cardiac fibroblast activation in a patient after acute myocardial infarction using 68Ga-FAPI-04

Author(s):  
Susan Notohamiprodjo ◽  
Stephan G. Nekolla ◽  
Stephanie Robu ◽  
Alberto Villagran Asiares ◽  
Christian Kupatt ◽  
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AbstractOur previous study has demonstrated the feasibility of noninvasive imaging of fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-expression after myocardial infarction (MI) in MI-territory in a rat model with 68Ga-FAPI-04-PET. In the current extended clinical case, we sought to delineate cardiac uptake of 68Ga-FAPI-04 in a patient after MI with clinical indication for the evidence of fibroblast activation. Carcinoma patients without cardiac disease underwent 68Ga-FAPI-04-PET/CT as control. The patient with one-vessel disease underwent dynamic 68Ga-FAPI-04-cardiac-PET/CMR for 60 minutes. Correlation of cardiac 68Ga-FAPI-04 uptake with clinical findings, ECG, echocardiography, coronary-arteriography and enhanced cardiac-MRI with T1 MOLLI and ECV mapping were performed. No uptake was found in normal myocardium and in mature scar. A focal intense 68Ga-FAPI-04 uptake with continuous wash-out in the infarct territory of coronary occlusion correlating with T1 and ECV mapping was observed. The uptake of 68Ga-FAPI-04 extends beyond the actual infarcted area and overestimates the infarct size as confirmed by follow-up CMR.

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena R. Ghadri ◽  
Svetlana Dougoud ◽  
Willibald Maier ◽  
Philipp A. Kaufmann ◽  
Oliver Gaemperli ◽  
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Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sarkisian ◽  
Lotte Saaby ◽  
Tina S Poulsen ◽  
Oke Gerke ◽  
Axel C Diederichsen ◽  
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Introduction: Troponin elevations occur in a myriad of clinical conditions other than myocardial infarction (MI) and imply a poor prognosis. So far, data comparing the short-term outcome in patients with myocardial injury vs. patients with type 1 or type 2 MI are not available. Methods: Over a 1-year period we prospectively studied hospitalized patients having cardiac troponin I (cTnI) measured on clinical indication. The diagnosis of type 1 and type 2 MI was according to the universal definition involving a rising and/or falling pattern of cTnI values above the decision limit of 30 ng/L. cTnI elevations above this limit in patients without overt myocardial ischemia were defined as myocardial injury. A 1-month follow-up was done with mortality as endpoint. Results: The study covered 1577 consecutive patients with cTnI values >30 ng/L, of whom 360 had a type 1 MI, 119 a type 2 MI and 1089 had myocardial injury. Type 1 MI patients were younger with a median age of 70 (IQR 61-81) yrs, whereas the median ages in type 2 MI and myocardial injury were higher but comparable : 78 (IQR 67-84) vs. 77 (IQR 67-85) yrs. Peak cTnI values, however, were highest in type 1 MI: 3820 (530-19030) ng/L, lower in type 2 MI: 850 (390-3270) ng/L, and smallest in patients with myocardial injury: 90 (50-270) ng/L (p=0.0001). At one-month follow-up 285 patients had died. Mortality in the different subgroups was: 9% (33/360) in type 1 MI, 24% (28/119) in type 2 MI, and 21% (224/1089) in patients with myocardial injury. The results are depicted in the figure (Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank-test; p-value <0.0001). Multivariate COX regression analysis revealed a Hazard Ratio (95%) of 2.1 (1.2-3.7) for type 2 MI and 1.4 (0.9-2.1) for myocardial injury. Conclusion: The short-term mortality in patients with myocardial injury and type 2 MI is almost identical but higher than in patients with type 1 MI. These prognostic findings imply that the clinical distinction between myocardial injury and type 2 MI may be somewhat artificial.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L E Juarez-Orozco ◽  
J W Benjamins ◽  
T Maaniitty ◽  
A Saraste ◽  
P Van Der Harst ◽  
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Abstract Background Deep Learning (DL) is revolutionizing cardiovascular medicine through complex data-pattern recognition. In spite of its success in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), DL implementation for prognostic evaluation of cardiovascular events is still limited. Traditional survival models (e.g.Cox) notably incorporate the effect of time-to-event but are unable to exploit complex non-liner dependencies between large numbers of predictors. On the other hand, DL hasn't systematically incorporated time-to-event for prognostic evaluations. Long-term registries of hybrid PET/CT imaging represent a suitable substrate for DL-based survival analysis due the large amount of time-dependent structured variables that they convey. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the feasibility and performance of DL Survival Analysis in predicting the occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI) and death in a long-term registry of cardiac hybrid PET/CT. Methods Data from our PET/CT registry of symptomatic patients with intermediate CAD risk who underwent sequential CT angiography and 15O-water PET for suspected ischemia, was analyzed. The sample has been followed for a 6-year average for MI or death. Ten clinical variables were extracted from electronic records including cardiovascular risk factors, dyspnea and early revascularization. CT angiography images were evaluated segmentally for: presence of plaque, % of luminal stenosis and calcification (58 variables). Absolute stress PET myocardial perfusion data was evaluated globally and regionally across vascular territories (4 variables). Cox-Nnet (a deep survival neural network) was implemented in a 5-fold cross-validated 80:20 split for training and testing. Resulting DL-hazard ratios were operationalized and compared to the observed events developed during follow-up. The performance of Cox-Nnet evaluating structured CT, PET/CT, and PET/CT+clinical variables was compared to expert interpretation (operationalized as: normal coronaries, non-obstructive CAD, obstructive CAD) and to Calcium Score (CaSc), through the concordance (c)-index. Results There were 426 men and 525 women with a mean age of 61±9 years-old. Twenty-four MI and 49 deaths occurred during follow-up (1 month–9.6 years), while 11.5% patients underwent early revascularization. Cox-Nnet evaluation of PET/CT data (c-index=0.75) outperformed categorical expert interpretation (c-index=0.54) and CaSc (c-index=0.65), while hybrid PET/CT and PET/CT+clinical (c-index=0.75) variables demonstrated incremental performance overall independent from early revascularization. Conclusion Deep Learning Survival Analysis is feasible in the evaluation of cardiovascular prognostic data. It might enhance the value of cardiac hybrid PET/CT imaging data for predicting the long-term development of myocardial infarction and death. Further research into the implementation of Deep Learning for prognostic analyses in CAD is warranted.


Author(s):  
Sobia Masood ◽  
Kanwal Fatima Aamir ◽  
Khalid Naseeb ◽  
Quratulain Shaikh ◽  
Tahir Saghir ◽  
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Abstract Objective: To evaluate the angiographic profile and outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in female patients with acute myocardial infarction. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, from July 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, and comprised female patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention and got enrolled in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Follow-up calls were made 1 year post-intervention and outcomes were noted. Data was analysed using SPSS 21. Results: Of the 522 female patients with a mean age of 57.41±11.14 years, 334(64%) were hypertensive, 202(38.7%) diabetic, 16(3.1%) had a family history of coronary artery disease, and 9(1.7%) were smokers. Single-vessel disease was observed in 183(35.1%) patients, and three-vessel disease in 144(27.6%). Post-procedure thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow (0-II) was observed in 29(5.6%) patients, bleeding in 2(0.4%), and in-hospital mortality was in 22(4.2%). Telephonic follow-up was successfully conducted in 436(87.5%) of the discharged patients, and, of them 15(3.4%) had expired and recurrence was reported by 10(2.3%) patients and 8(80%) of them underwent re-intervention. Conclusion: More than half the female patients had multi-vessel disease and bifurcation lesion was observed in more than three-fourth of the sample. Key Words: Coronary artery disease, Women, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Acute myocardial infarction, Angiography, Pakistan. Continuous...


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Nakamura ◽  
Masaki Ishida ◽  
Kei Nakata ◽  
Yasutaka Ichikawa ◽  
Shinichi Takase ◽  
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Abstract Background Coronary magnetic resonance angiography (CMRA) allows non-ionizing visualization of luminal narrowing in coronary artery disease (CAD). Although a prior study showed the usefulness of CMRA for risk stratification in short-term follow-up, the long-term prognostic value of CMRA remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term prognostic value of CMRA. Methods A total of 506 patients without history of myocardial infarction or prior coronary artery revascularization underwent free-breathing whole-heart CMRA between 2009 and 2015. Images were acquired using a 1.5 T or 3 T scanner and visually evaluated as the consensus decisions of two observers. Obstructive CAD on CMRA was defined as luminal narrowing of ≥ 50% in at least one coronary artery. Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) comprised cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and unstable angina. Results Obstructive CAD on CMRA was observed in 214 patients (42%). During follow-up (median, 5.6 years), 31 MACE occurred. Kaplan–Meier curve analysis revealed a significant difference in event-free survival between patients with and without obstructive CAD for MACE (log-rank, p = 0.003) and cardiac death (p = 0.012). Annualized event rates for MACE in patients with no obstructive CAD, 1-vessel disease, 2-vessel disease, and left-main or 3-vessel disease were 0.6%, 1.5%, 2.3%, and 3.6%, respectively (log-rank, p = 0.003). Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that, among obstructive CAD on CMRA and clinical risk factors (age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, and family history of CAD), obstructive CAD and diabetes were significant predictors of MACE (hazard ratios, 2.9 [p = 0.005] and 2.2 [p = 0.034], respectively). In multivariate analysis, obstructive CAD remained an independent predictor (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.6 [p = 0.010]) after adjusting for diabetes. Addition of obstructive CAD to clinical risk factors significantly increased the global chi-square result from 8.3 to 13.8 (p = 0.022). Conclusions In long-term follow-up, free breathing whole heart CMRA allows non-invasive risk stratification for MACE and cardiac death and provides incremental prognostic value over conventional risk factors in patients without a history of myocardial infarction or prior coronary artery revascularization. The presence and severity of obstructive CAD detected by CMRA were associated with worse prognosis. Importantly, patients without obstructive CAD on CMRA displayed favorable prognosis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P C Smits ◽  
M Abdel-Wahab ◽  
F J Neumann ◽  
B M Boxma-De Klerk ◽  
P L Laforgia ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Compare-Acute trial showed a 1-year superior outcome of FFR-guided acute complete revascularization (FFR-CR) compared to culprit-lesion-only revascularization (CLO) in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multi-vessel disease (MVD). Long-term outcome results are unknown. Purpose To evaluate if FFR-CR strategy is superior to CLO strategy in terms of outcome at 3 year follow-up. Methods Compare-Acute is a multicenter, investigator-initiated prospective randomized controlled trial that involved 24 sites. Patients with STEMI and MVD were randomized, after successful primary PCI towards FFR-CR or CLO treatment strategies with a 1:2 ratio (295 pts vs 590 pts). All stenosis ≥50% in the non-infarct artery were investigated by FFR in both arms. In the FFR-CR arm, all non-culprit (NC) lesions with a FFR ≤0.80 were treated by PCI. In the CLO arm pts underwent blinded FFR procedure of the NC lesions. Further treatment of these lesions was based on symptoms and/or ischemia testing during follow-up with an allowed treatment window of 45 days. The primary endpoint was defined as a composite of all-cause mortality, non-fatal myocardial infarction, any revascularization and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) at 12 months. The major secondary endpoint is MACCE from both strategies up to 3-year follow-up. Results 1-year clinical outcomes have already been presented and published. At 36 months the composite end-point of MACCE occurred in 46 patients in the FFR-CR group vs 178 patients in the CLO group (15.6% vs 30.2%; HR 0.46, 95% CI 0.29–0.59; p<0.01), as shown in Fig. 1. The incidence of death (4 pts vs 10 pts; 1.4% vs 1.7%; HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.39–1.8; p=0.71), MI (20 pts vs 53 pts; 7.1% vs 9.3%; HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.44–1.24; p=0.25) and stroke (1 pt vs 7 pts; 0.3% vs 1.2%; HR 0.29, 95% CI 0.03–2.3; p=0.24) was not significantly different in the two groups, but revascularizations were significantly higher in the CLO group: 37 patients in the FFR-CR group vs 149 patients in the CLO group (13.0% vs 26.0%; HR 0.45; 95% CI 0.31–0.64; p<0.01). Furthermore, in a subgroup analysis, when we considered only patients with FFR positive non-culprit lesions in both arms, we found a higher incidence of MI at follow-up in the CLO arm compared to the FFR-CR arm: 30/224 vs 13/194 (13.4% vs 6.7%; p 0.03). MACCE-free survival at 3 years Conclusion With this analysis of the Compare-Acute trial we confirm that the benefit of a FFR-guided complete revascularization strategy in patients with STEMI and MVD is maintained at 3 years of follow-up. This difference is mainly driven by increased revascularizations in the CLO arm, but also by increased incidence of MI in the CLO subgroup with FFR+ lesions that were left untreated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Fletcher ◽  
M Lembo ◽  
MBJ Syed ◽  
J Kwiencinski ◽  
E Tzolos ◽  
...  

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Private grant(s) and/or Sponsorship. Main funding source(s): British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship Background Calcification of the thoracic aorta is associated with poor vessel wall health. Early detection of this disease process may highlight those at risk of future cardiovascular events. Purpose To investigate the potential of hybrid 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF, a marker of vascular disease and microcalcification activity) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to predict aortic disease progression and adverse cardiovascular events in patients with established risk factors. Methods Between 2015 and 2017, 197 patients underwent 18F-NaF PET/CT of the thoracic aorta as part of a randomised controlled trial.  Baseline 18F-NaF aortic microcalcification activity (AMA) was calculated as the cumulative uptake in a standardised volume of interest of the arch and ascending aorta.  Thirty-seven patients underwent follow up CT enabling aortic calcium score progression calculation.  Fatal/non-fatal stroke (primary endpoint) and fatal/non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI, secondary endpoint) were recorded up to May 2020.  The association between baseline AMA and both the progression of aortic calcium score and defined endpoints was analysed.  AMA was stratified into tertiles (low, moderate or high). Data is presented as mean(SD) or median [IQR]. Results 18F-NaF AMA correlated with the progression of aortic calcium score (R = 0.42, P = 0.01).  During 3.8 (0.9) years of follow up, 14 patients experienced the primary (stroke, n = 5) or secondary (MI, n = 9) endpoint.  Patients who experienced stroke had higher AMA (171 [162-176] vs 150 [141 - 157], P = 0.0015). Increased cumulative incidence of stroke was seen in the highest AMA tertile (Figure, P = 0.019).  There was no association between AMA and MI (P &gt; 0.05). Conclusion Aortic microcalcification activity, as measured using 18F-NaF PET/CT, predicts the progression of aortic wall calcification and is associated with an increased risk of stroke but not MI.  Consolidating these findings in further studies will improve stroke risk prediction using 18F-NaF PET/CT. Table Baseline characteristics Overall n = 197 Low AMA (&lt;144) n = 66 Moderate AMA (144-155) n = 66 High AMA (&gt;155) n = 65 p-value (ANOVA / X2) Age (±sd) 65.17 (8.30) 64.02 (9.43) 65.47 (7.40) 66.03 (7.95) 0.364 Male Sex (%) 157 (80.5) 54 (83.1) 52 (78.8) 51 (79.7) 0.808 Ever Smoked (%) 101 (60.5) 37 (71.2) 32 (56.1) 32 (55.2) 0.164 Hypertension (%) 110 (56.4) 31 (47.7) 35 (53.0) 44 (68.8) 0.043 High Cholesterol (%) 188 (96.4) 60 (92.3) 65 (98.5) 63 (98.4) 0.093 Type II Diabetes (%) 37 (19.0) 16 (24.6) 9 (13.6) 12 (18.8) 0.277 AMA = aortic microcalcification activity, MI = myocardial infarction, sd = standard deviation, TIA = transient ischaemic attack, X2 = Chi squared Abstract Figure: AMA and Stroke


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xuanqi An ◽  
Jingang Yang ◽  
Kefei Dou ◽  
Yuejin Yang

Background. The prognostic significance of CTO in the non-IRA in patients with AMI has been under dispute. Relevant long-term follow-up studies are lacking. Hypothesis. CTO in the non-IRA is an independent predictor of poor long-term prognosis in patients with AMI. Methods. We prospectively enrolled 2336 patients with AMI who received emergent percutaneous coronary intervention successfully from January 2006 to May 2011. Our primary endpoints included death from cardiovascular causes, recurrent myocardial infarction, stroke, and target-vessel revascularization. We adopted Cox regression analysis adjusted for confounders to analyze the impact of CTO in the non-IRA on long-term mortalities. Results. We identified 628 (27.6%) subjects with CTO in the non-IRA among 2282 AMI patients. After a mean follow-up duration of 134.3 months, we found the CTO group had significantly higher MACCE rate than the group without CTO (30.4% versus 24.3%, P = 0.004 ). CTO in the non-IRA independently predicted 11-year MACCE in the male AMI subgroup (hazard ratio 1.28, 95% confidence interval 1.06 to 1.54, P = 0.01 ) and in the male NSTEMI subgroup (hazard ratio 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.09 to 2.15, P = 0.02 ). In the CTO group, three-vessel disease independently predicted 11 year MACCE (hazard ratio 2.05, 95% confidence interval 1.29 to 3.28, P = 0.002 ). Conclusions. Our long-term observational study supported the association between CTO in the non-IRA and poorer prognosis in AMI patients undergoing primary PCI. We identified the group with the three-vessel disease as a high-risk subgroup in patients with CTO in the non-IRA.


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