Robustness of Percutaneously Completed Coronary Revascularization in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Obstructive Versus Occlusive Lesions

Angiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Kranjec ◽  
Dinko Zavrl Džananovič ◽  
Miha Mrak ◽  
Matjaz Bunc

Our study sought to assess long-term outcomes of percutaneously completed coronary revascularization (CCR) in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) comprising chronic total occlusions (CTOs). Between 2010 and 2014, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) of the CTOs were attempted in 213 patients: the CCR was achieved in 125 patients (group 1), while the PCI failed in 88 patients (group 2). They were matched against 252 patients (group 3) with the CCR obtained by the non-CTO PCIs. In the 5-year follow-up, more adverse cardiovascular (CV) events occurred in group 2 (29.5% vs 4.8% in group 1 vs 3.5% in group 3, P = .0001), mainly due to recurrent severe symptoms and additional revascularization of the CTOs; CV mortality did not seem to be significantly affected. Survival curves for the successful CTO and non-CTO PCIs appeared indistinguishable. Stent thromboses were infrequent in the CCR groups. In conclusion, long-term outcomes of the patients with the obstructive CAD containing the CTOs showed a favorable outcome if the CCR had been achieved percutaneously.

Author(s):  
Rutao Wang ◽  
Scot Garg ◽  
Chao Gao ◽  
Hideyuki Kawashima ◽  
Masafumi Ono ◽  
...  

Abstract Aims To investigate the impact of established cardiovascular disease (CVD) on 10-year all-cause death following coronary revascularization in patients with complex coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods The SYNTAXES study assessed vital status out to 10 years of patients with complex CAD enrolled in the SYNTAX trial. The relative efficacy of PCI versus CABG in terms of 10-year all-cause death was assessed according to co-existing CVD. Results Established CVD status was recorded in 1771 (98.3%) patients, of whom 827 (46.7%) had established CVD. Compared to those without CVD, patients with CVD had a significantly higher risk of 10-year all-cause death (31.4% vs. 21.7%; adjusted HR: 1.40; 95% CI 1.08–1.80, p = 0.010). In patients with CVD, PCI had a non-significant numerically higher risk of 10-year all-cause death compared with CABG (35.9% vs. 27.2%; adjusted HR: 1.14; 95% CI 0.83–1.58, p = 0.412). The relative treatment effects of PCI versus CABG on 10-year all-cause death in patients with complex CAD were similar irrespective of the presence of CVD (p-interaction = 0.986). Only those patients with CVD in ≥ 2 territories had a higher risk of 10-year all-cause death (adjusted HR: 2.99, 95% CI 2.11–4.23, p < 0.001) compared to those without CVD. Conclusions The presence of CVD involving more than one territory was associated with a significantly increased risk of 10-year all-cause death, which was non-significantly higher in complex CAD patients treated with PCI compared with CABG. Acceptable long-term outcomes were observed, suggesting that patients with established CVD should not be precluded from undergoing invasive angiography or revascularization. Trial registration SYNTAX: ClinicalTrials.gov reference: NCT00114972. SYNTAX Extended Survival: ClinicalTrials.gov reference: NCT03417050. Graphic abstract


Angiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 000331972199141
Author(s):  
Arafat Yildirim ◽  
Mehmet Kucukosmanoglu ◽  
Fethi Yavuz ◽  
Nermin Yildiz Koyunsever ◽  
Yusuf Cekici ◽  
...  

Many parameters included in the Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) and CHA2DS2-VASc (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years, diabetes mellitus, stroke, vascular disease, age 65-74 years, sex category) scores also predict coronary artery disease (CAD). We modified the ATRIA score (ATRIA-HSV) by adding hyperlipidemia, smoking, and vascular disease and also male sex instead of female. We evaluated whether the CHA2DS2-VASc, CHA2DS2-VASc-HS, ATRIA, and ATRIA-HSV scores predict severe CAD. Consecutive patients with coronary angiography were prospectively included. A ≥50% stenosis in ≥1epicardial coronary artery (CA) was defined as severe CAD. Patient with normal CA (n = 210) were defined as group 1, with <50% CA stenosis (n = 178) as group 2, and with ≥50% stenosis (n = 297) as group 3. The mean ATRIA, ATRIA-HSV, CHA2DS2-VASc, and CHA2DS2VASc-HS scores increased from group 1 to group 3. A correlation was found between the Synergy between PCI with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery score and ATRIA ( r = 0.570), ATRIA-HSV ( r = 0.614), CHA2DS2-VASc ( r = 0.428), and CHA2DS2-VASc-HS ( r = 0.500) scores ( Ps < .005). Pairwise comparisons of receiver operating characteristics curves showed that ATRIA-HSV (>3 area under curve [AUC]: 0.874) and ATRIA (>3, AUC: 0.854) have a better performance than CHA2DS2-VASc (>1, AUC: 0.746) and CHA2DS2-VASc-HS (>2, AUC: 0.769). In conclusion, the ATRIA and ATRIA-HSV scores are simple and may be useful to predict severe CAD.


2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (9) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
N Y Grigorieva ◽  
T P Ilyushina ◽  
E M Yashina

Aim: to compare the antianginal and pulse slowing effects, the impact on the ectopic myocardial activity as well as the safety of the treatment with beta - adrenoblocker bisoprolol, calcium antagonist verapamil and the combination of bisoprolol with amlodipine in patients with stable angina (SA) and bronchial asthma (BA). Materials and methods. The study included 90 patients with SA II-III functional class (FC) having concomitant persistent asthma of moderate severity, controlled, without exacerbation. The patients were divided into three groups with 30 individuals in each one depending on the main antianginal drug prescribed. Group 1 patients received a cardio - selective beta - adrenergic blocker bisoprolol (Concor) at the dose of 5 mg/day, patients of group 2 were treated by a calcium antagonist verapamil at the dose of 240 mg/day, patients of group 3 received combined therapy with bisoprolol at the dose of 5 mg/day and amlodipine at the dose of 5 mg/day given as a fixed combination (Concor AM 5/5). All the patients were investigated by the methods of daily ECG monitoring and respiratory function study (RFS) in addition to physical examination at baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment. Results. After 4 weeks of treatment, patients of group 1 and group 3 did not complain of angina attacks and did not use nitroglycerin unlike patients of group 2. The achieved heart rate (HR) in group 1 patients was 68.6±8.5 beats/min, in group 2 - 74.3±5.6 beats/min, in group 3 - 67.3±4.8 beats/min. A significant decrease in the number of supraventricular and ventricular extrasystoles occurred in patients of group 1 and group 3 only. Thus, the pulse slowing, antianginal, antiischemic and antiarrhythmic effect of the calcium antagonist verapamil, even at the dose of 240 mg/day, is not always sufficient for the patients with SA II-III FC and concomitant BA, unlike therapy with the inclusion of beta - blocker bisoprolol. During the study there was no registered deterioration in the indices of bronchial patency according to the RFS data in the patients of all three groups. Conclusion. In patients with coronary artery disease and concomitant asthma, all three types of pulse slowing therapy do not have any negative effects on bronchial patency. Therapy with the inclusion of beta - blockers (bisoprolol or its combination with amlodipine), in contrast to verapamil, reliably reduces heart rate and the number of supraventricular and ventricular extrasystoles in addition to a good antianginal effect.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baotao Huang ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
Bosen Yang ◽  
Fangyang Huang ◽  
Qianfeng Xiao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and aimsLeft ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is prevalent in obese individuals. Besides, both of LVH and obesity is associated with subclinical LV dysfunction. However, little is known about the interplay between body fat and LVH in relation to all-cause death in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).MethodsIn this retrospective cohort study, a total of 2243 patients with angiographically proven CAD were included. Body fat and LV mass were calculated using formulas. Higher body fat was defined as the percentage of body fat was greater than 75th percentile. LVH was defined according to guidelines’ definition. Patients were divided into four groups: group 1, lower body fat and no LVH; group 2, lower body fat and LVH; group 3, higher body fat and no LVH; group 4, higher body fat and LVH. Cox-proportional hazard models were used to observe the interaction effect of body fat and LVH on all-cause death.ResultsOver 2.2 years, there were 120 deaths. Patients with higher body fat and no LVH (group 3) had similar risk of death (adjusted HR 1.83, 95%CI 1.00-3.38, P = 0.054) compared to the reference group (group 1), while patients with lower body fat and LVH (group 2) had the highest risk (adjusted HR 2.15, 95%CI 1.26–3.64, P = 0.005) of death. The results were robust after different degree of adjustment.ConclusionCertain amount of BF was not associated with increased risk of all-cause death in patients with CAD, even seems protective in those concomitant with LVH.


2017 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. 1560-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunwook Kwon ◽  
Dae Hyuk Moon ◽  
Youngjin Han ◽  
Jong-Young Lee ◽  
Sun U Kwon ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVEControversy persists regarding the optimal management of subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD) prior to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and the impact of CAD on clinical outcomes after CEA. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term surgical risks and long-term outcomes of patients with subclinical CAD who underwent CEA.METHODSThe authors performed a retrospective study of data from a prospective CEA registry. They analyzed a total of 702 cases involving patients without a history of CAD who received preoperative cardiac risk assessment by radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and underwent CEA over a 10-year period. The management strategy (the necessity, sequence, and treatment modality of coronary revascularization and optimal perioperative medical treatment) was determined according to the presence, severity, and extent of CAD as determined by preoperative MPI and additional coronary computed tomography angiography and/or coronary angiography. Perioperative cardiac damage was defined on the basis of postoperative elevation of the blood level of cardiac troponin I (0.05–0.5 ng/ml) in the absence of myocardial ischemia. The primary endpoint was the composite of any stroke, myocardial infarction, or death during the perioperative period and all-cause mortality within 4 years of CEA. The associations between clinical outcomes after CEA and subclinical CAD were analyzed.RESULTSConcomitant subclinical CAD was observed in 81 patients (11.5%). These patients did have a higher incidence of perioperative cardiac damage (13.6% vs 0.5%, p < 0.01), but they had similar primary endpoint incidences during the perioperative period (2.5% vs.1.8%, p = 0.65) and similar estimated 4-year primary endpoint rates (13.6% vs 12.4%, p = 0.76) as the patients without subclinical CAD. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the 2 groups had similar rates of overall survival (p = 0.75).CONCLUSIONSPatients with subclinical CAD can undergo CEA with acceptable short- and long-term outcomes provided they receive selective coronary revascularization and optimal perioperative medical treatment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shavkat Muminov ◽  
Durdona Saipova

Abstract Background and Aims to study of renal function in patients with coronary artery disease, depending on the method of revascularization and the initial state of the kidneys. Method There were 160 patients with coronary artery disease under observation who underwent re-endovascular procedures (RE). The average age of the patients was 56.6 ± 1.27 years. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG group) was performed in 21 patients with coronary artery disease and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI group) - in 139 patients. The study included patients with an eGFR of at least 60 ml / min, determined by the serum creatinine concentration. Patients received standard therapy: antiplatelet therapy (double therapy), bisoprolol, valsartan, atorvastatin. All patients underwent dynamic determination of serum creatinine concentration in terms of 3 months - 1 year -2 years. Results The CABG groups (21 patients) and the PTCA group (139 patients) who received standard therapy for coronary artery disease (group B). In the CABG and PCI groups, the eGFR was 105.66 ± 3.74 ml / min and 102.71 ± 1.59 ml / min, respectively. By the 3rd month of follow-up, the dynamics of eGFR in the groups, did not differ (-16.36 ± 3.30% and -17.55 ± 1.25%, respectively), by the 3rd month eGFR observation in the CABG and PTCA groups was also comparable, although it also differed in the baseline data (90.14 ± 6.05 ml / min and 86.46 ± 2.37 ml / min, respectively, the differences with the baseline data in both groups - p &lt; 0.001. By the end the 1st year the following pattern emerged: in patients who underwent surgical revascularization, the decrease in eGFR was more pronounced than in patients who underwent stenting of the coronary arteries (-51.80 ± 3.51% versus -42, 39 ± 1.35%, p &lt;0.05), and the differences increased even more during the second year of observation (-57.99 ± 4.75% versus -44.76 ± 1.89%, p &lt;0.05). The second year of observation, eGFR in the CABG group was lower than in the PTCA group (44.63 ± 5.37 ml / min versus 56.54 ± 2.01 ml / min, p &lt;0.05). This pattern can be explained that fact in the CABG group were more patients with diabetes - 80.95% (17 patients out of 21) compared with PTCA patients - 12.23% (17 patients out of 139, chi square 49.83, p &lt; 0.001). All patients divided into 2 subgroups depending on the degree of eGFR by the 3rd month of observation: patients with eGFR by the 3rd month of observation more than 20% (31 patients, group 1) and less than 20% (group 2 - 129 sick). Initially, eGFR in group 1 was lower than in group 2. The relative dynamics of eGFR during the entire observation period was greater in patients of group 1 compared with group 2 (-43.58 ± 1.72% versus -11.10 ± 0.58% by the end 3rd month of observation, -61.30 ± 1.44% versus -39.38 ± 1.29% by the end of the first year and -68.78 ± 2.56% versus -41.14 ± 1.85% by the end of the second year of observation, the reliability of the difference in the relative dynamics between the groups at all three observation points is p &lt;0.001). Conclusion. In patients with coronary artery disease who underwent coronary revascularization, there is a decrease in renal function after revascularization. The most significant decrease was observed in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, as well as in patients with initially low filtration function of the kidneys.


2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-290
Author(s):  
Hasan A. Farhan

treatment decisions for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and/or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in patients with complex coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or unprotected left main stem disease (ULMSD).Objectives: To assess the agreement between the clinical decisions of the cardiologist and the SS II recommendation regarding the revascularization strategies in patients with complex CAD and/or ULMSD.Patients and Methods: Prospective data from patients who presented to Baghdad Medical City Catheterization Labs for coronary angiography and were followed up between January 2014 and November 2015 were analyzed. For these patients, SS II was assessed by the two anatomical variables (SS and presence of ULMSD) and six clinical variables (age, creatinine clearance, left ventricular ejection fraction, sex, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and peripheral vascular disease) to predict 4-year mortality after revascularization with PCI and/or CABG. These scores were then compared with the clinical decisions of cardiologists. After 1 year of data collection, we followed up the patients by phone to assess their mortality status. Patients were categorized into three groups according the interventional procedures: Group 1 (for PCI), Group 2 (for CABG), and Group 3 (for PCI vs. CABG).Results: Two hundred patients were enrolled. Their mean age was 60.23 ± 9.836 years, and 157 (78.5%) were men. Depending on the clinical judgment of the cardiologist, 71 (35.5%) patients were referred for PCI (Group 1), 119 (59.5%) patients for CABG (Group 2), and the remaining 10 (5%) patients for PCI vs. CABG (Group 3). Based on an assessment of 4-year mortality by the SS II, CABG would have been the treatment of choice in 67 (33.5%) patients, PCI in 30 (15%) patients, and both the treatments in 103 (51.5%) patients. There was a concordance between the clinical decision of the cardiologist and SS II in 67 (33.5%) patients and discordance in 133 (66.5%) patients. Six patients died within 1 year, most of whom were from the discordant group.Conclusion: There was a statistically significant discordance between the SS II recommendation and clinical judgment of the interventional cardiologist. SS II proved to be a useful objective tool to assist experienced clinical judgment in determining appropriate revascularization strategy for CAD patients. المقدمة:درجة السنتاكس ٢ تعد طريقة ارشادية لاختيار طريقة العلاج في المرضى اللذين يعانون من امراض شرايين القلب التاجية المعقدة مع او بدون امراض الشريان الايسر الرئيسي غير المحمي. الهدف: لتقييم نسبة عدم التوافق بين القرار السريري لاختصاصي القلبية وتوصيات درجة السنتاكس ٢ بالنسبة لخطة العلاج في المرضى المصابين بآمراض شرايين القلب التاجية المعقدة مع او بدون امراض الشريان الايسر الرئيسي غير المحمي.                        طرائق البحث: يتم جمع معلومات المرضى اللذين يخضعون لاجراء القسطرة التشخيصية لشرايين القلب في صالات القسطرة في مدينة الطب وتتم متابعة المرضى ايضا وتكون مدة الدراسة للفترة من شهر كانون الثاني لسنة ٢٠١٤م الى شهر تشرين الثاني لسنة ٢٠١٥م وخلال هذه الفترة يتم تقييم المرضى عن طريق درجة السنتاكس ٢ وست متغيرات سريرية للتنبؤ بآحتمالية حدوث الوفاة خلال الاربع سنوات بعد عودة التوعي ومقارنتها مع القرار السريري لاختصاصي القلبية. ثم بعد مرور سنة على جمع الداتا، نقوم بمتابعة حالة المرضى عن طريق الاتصال الهاتفي لمعرفة إذا حدثت حالات الوفاة. يتم تقسيم المرضى الى ٣ مجاميع، المجموعة الاولى والتي تخضع للتداخل القسطاري، المجموعة الثانية والتي تخضع لعملية جراحية لزرع شرايين القلب، والمجموعة الثالثة والتي لديها احتمالية للخضوع للقسطرة او للعملية الجراحية.     النتائج: تم اشراك مئتا مريض في الدراسة، معدل العمر ٦٠.٢٣ ± ٩.٨٣٦سنة، ١٥٧ (٧٨.٥٪) من المرضى ذكور. بالاعتماد على القرار السريري لاختصاصي القلبية تم تحديد ٧١ (٣٥.٥٪) من المرضى للخضوع للتداخل القسطاري (المجموعة الاولى)، ١١٩ (٥٩.٥٪) من المرضى تم ارسالهم لاجراء عملية جراحية (المجموعة الثانية) وبقية المرضى ١٠ (٥٪) تم ادراجهم تحت احتمالية خضوعهم للتداخل القسطاري او العملية الجراحية. بالنسبة لتققيم حالة الوفاة للاربع سنوات بالاعتماد على درجة السنتاكس ٢، كانت النتيجة ان العلاج المفضل هو العمليات الجراحية وبنسبة ٣٣.٥٪، في حين ان نسبة المرضى الخاضعين للتداخل القسطاري كانت ١٥٪، وكانت النسبة متوازية بالنسبة للمرضى الخاضعين للعمليات الجراحية او التداخل القسطاري ٥١.٥٪. كان هنالك توافق بين القرار السريري لاختصاصي القلبية ودرجة السنتاكس ٢ وبنسبة ٣٣.٥٪، في حين ان نسبة عدم التوافق للمرضى كانت ٦٦.٥٪. خلال سنة واحدة توفي ستة مرضى ومعضمهم كانوا من مجموعة عدم التوافق.                  الاستنتاج: هذه الدراسة اظهرت عدم توافق هام بين توصيات درجة السنتاكس ٢ والقرار السريري لاختصاصي القلبية.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
F. Bekmetova ◽  
Kh. Fozilov ◽  
Sh. Doniyorov ◽  
R. Alieva ◽  
M. Mukhamedova ◽  
...  

The purpose of this study was to assess the properties of left ventricular myocardial deformation in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) with various degrees of coronary lesions. Methods and Results: The study included 74 patients with stable angina pectoris Class II-IV aged between 40 and 70 years. All patients underwent the following examinations: assessment of traditional risk factors, physical examination, general clinical and laboratory blood tests, 12-lead ECG, 24-hour ABPM, transthoracic echocardiography, two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), and coronary angiography (CAG). The SYNTAX score was calculated retrospectively according to the SYNTAX score algorithm. All patients were divided into 3 groups: Group 1 included 21 patients with a low SYNTAX score (0–22), for whom standard drug therapy was recommended; Group 2 included 28 patients with an intermediate SYNTAX score (23–32), to whom PCI was recommended; Group 3 included 25 patients with a high SYNTAX score (≥33), to whom CABG was recommended. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) obtained using the modified biplane Simpson's method was significantly lower in Group 3 than in Groups 1 and 2 (P=0.001); it should be noted that this indicator was within the normative values in Groups 1 and 2, and belonged to the gradation “mild dysfunction.” A more objective quantitative assessment of the contractile function of the LV myocardium was obtained by assessing the GLS and SR. The comparative analysis of the LV myocardial deformation properties in the three studied groups showed that in Group 3 the GLS and SR indicators were significantly lower than in Group 1 (P=0.000 and P=0.0020). Moreover, GLS (global longitudinal strain) and SR (strain rate) were significantly higher in Group 1 than in Group 2 (P=0.0001 and P=0.0133, respectively). GLS significantly correlated with LVEF (r=0.57; P<0.05), E/A (r=0.22; P<0.05), and SYNTAX score (r=-0.63; P<0.05). SR significantly correlated with LVEF (r=0.49; P<0.05) and SYNTAX score (r=-0.37; P<0.05) Conclusion: The results obtained indicate the diagnostic value of STE with the determination of GLS and SR in a comprehensive assessment of the severity of SAD. GLS and SR significantly correlate with the clinical course of the disease, as well as indicators of LV remodeling and LV diastolic dysfunction. STE analysis of GLS and SR has incremental diagnostic value over transthoracic echocardiography in predicting significant CAD.


2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Sato ◽  
Takatoshi Kasai ◽  
Katsumi Miyauchi ◽  
Naozumi Kubota ◽  
Kan Kajimoto ◽  
...  

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