Abstract 10976: Diagnostic Ability of Contrast Media Induced Fractional Flow Reserve to Assess Functional Significance of Entire Coronary Artery Stenosis

Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Takashima ◽  
Akiyoshi Kurita ◽  
Yuki Saka ◽  
Katsuhisa Waseda ◽  
Hirohiko Ando ◽  
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Introduction: Although fractional flow reserve (FFR) is helpful to evaluate functional lesion severity, the need of adenosine limits the widespread adoption of FFR. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that contrast media induced FFR (cFFR) with submaximal hyperemic condition could assess functional lesion severity of coronary artery stenos. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic ability of cFFR compared to FFR in entire range of coronary artery stenosis. Methods: A total of 96 patients with 123 lesions were prospectively enrolled in this study. At first, we measured resting Pd/Pa ratio before inducing hyperemia. Then, cFFR was obtained after intracoronary injection of 6 ml of contrast media, while FFR was measured after intravenous adenosine triphosphate administration (180 mcg/kg/min). Lesions with FFR less than or equal 0.80 were considered functional significance of coronary artery stenosis. Results: In 123 lesions, reference diameter, diameter stenosis, resting Pd/Pa ratio, cFFR, and FFR were 2.7±0.8 mm, 47±12%, 0.91±0.10, 0.83±0.12, and 0.81±0.12, respectively. Functional significance was observed in 41% of all lesions. Both of resting Pd/Pa and cFFR showed strong correlations with FFR (r=0.861, p<0.001, and r=0.930, p<0.001, respectively). The correlation coefficient of cFFR was significantly superior to that of resting Pd/Pa ratio (p<0.05). This strong correlation between cFFR and FFR was shown in every coronary artery (LAD; r=0.924, p<0.001, LCX; r=0.923, p<0.001, and RCA; r=0.926, p<0.001, respectively). The Bland-Altman plot demonstrated a good agreement with a mean difference of -0.02 and a standard deviation of 0.05 between cFFR and FFR across entire range of coronary artery stenosis. ROC curve analysis showed an excellent accuracy of cFFR <0.84 in predicting functional significance (AUC 0.96, sensitivity 90%, specificity 89%, and diagnostic accuracy 89%). Moreover, the cFFR >0.89 was not corresponded to functional significance of entire coronary artery stenosis. Conclusions: The cFFR is an accurate, rapid and easy method in predicting functional significance of entire coronary artery stenosis. This physiology-based approach may be a possible alternative method for FFR measurements in daily practice.

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Takashima ◽  
A Suzuki ◽  
S Sakurai ◽  
H Ando ◽  
Y Nakano ◽  
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Abstract Background Although fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a gold standard method to evaluate functional lesion severity in the catheterization laboratory, the need of hyperemic condition limits the widespread adoption of FFR. Recently, the resting full-cycle ratio (RFR) which was newly developed resting indices was launched. It is unclear whether RFR as resting condition could assess physiological lesion severity of coronary artery stenosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic impact of RFR compared to FFR in entire range of coronary artery stenosis. Method A total of 53 patients with 70 lesions were enrolled in this study. The RFR was measured after adequately waiting for stable condition, while FFR was measured after intravenous administration of ATP (180mcg/kg/min). Lesions with FFR ≤0.80 were considered functionally significant coronary artery stenosis. Results In all lesions, reference diameter, diameter stenosis, lesion length, RFR, and FFR were 3.3±0.8mm, 44±12%, 14.6±7.2mm, 0.90±0.11, and 0.83±0.11, respectively. Functional significance was observed in 24 lesions (34%) of all lesions. The RFR showed a significant correlation with FFR (y = 0.800x + 0.239, R = 0.817, p<0.001). The Bland-Altman plot demonstrated a good agreement with a mean difference of 0.07 and a standard deviation of 0.06 between RFR and FFR across entire range of coronary artery stenosis. ROC curve analysis showed an excellent accuracy of RFR cut-off of ≤0.90 in predicting FFR ≤0.80 which had 78% sensitivity and 87% specificity (AUC 0.87, diagnostic accuracy 84%). Conclusion The RFR as newly resting indices is reliable to the assessment of functional lesion severity. This physiology-based approach may be a possible alternative method for FFR measurements in daily practice.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Yamanaka ◽  
K Shishido ◽  
S Yokota ◽  
N Moriyama ◽  
Y Mashimo ◽  
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Abstract Background It has been reported that discordance between fractional flow reserve (FFR) and Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio (iFR) could occur in up to 20% of cases. However, there are no reports regarding discordance between FFR and iFR in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS). Purpose We aimed to investigate the discordance between FFR and iFR in patients with severe AS. Methods Severe AS was defined as an aortic-valve area of ≤1.0 cm2, a mean aortic-valve gradient of 40mmHg or more, or a peak aortic-jet velocity of 4.0 m/s or more. Intermediate coronary artery stenosis was defined as 30% to 70% stenosis (visual estimation). FFR and iFR were calculated in 4 quadrants based on values of FFR ≤0.8 and iFR ≤0.89 (positive discordance; low FFR and high iFR, negative discordance; high FFR and low iFR). Results We examined consecutive 140 patients (164 intermediate coronary artery stenosis vessels). Mean FFR and iFR ± standard deviation was 0.82±0.09 and 0.82±0.14, respectively. The discordance was observed in 48 vessels (29.3%). In the discordant group, most of cases were negative discordance (45 cases, 93.6%). Binary logistic regression analysis showed that left anterior descending artery (Hazard Ratio 3.80; 1.55 to 9.31, p=0.0036) was independently associated with negative discordance. Conclusions In patients with severe AS, the discordance between FFR and iFR could be observed in 29.3% of the vessels, mostly negative discordance. The left anterior descending artery is an independent predictor for negative discordance. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 1553-1561
Author(s):  
Mehmet Erdoğan ◽  
Mehmet A Erdöl ◽  
Selçuk Öztürk ◽  
Tahir Durmaz

Aim: The study aimed to investigate and compare the predictive capacity of a systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) to determine a hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis assessed by fractional flow reserve (FFR). Patients & methods: A total of 207 chronic coronary syndrome patients with FFR measurement were enrolled in the study. NLR, PLR and SII levels were calculated. Results: The cut-off value of the SII (620) was associated with 78.4% sensitivity and 64.0% specificity to predict a hemodynamically significant stenosis. SII level independently predicted FFR ≤0.80. Conclusion: SII is an independent predictor of functionally significant coronary stenosis detected by FFR in chronic coronary syndrome patients. SII levels can predict hemodynamically severe obstruction better than NLR and PLR.


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