Patterns of coronary arterial lesion calcification by a novel, cross-sectional CT angiographic assessment

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1619-1627

  Cerci, Rodrigo ^a   Vavere, Andrea L ^a   Miller, Julie M ^a   Yoneyama, Kihei ^a   Rochitte, Carlos E ^b   Dewey, Marc ^c   Niinuma, Hiroyuki ^d   Clouse, Melvin E ^e   Laham, Roger ^e   Bush, David E ^a   Shapiro, Edward P ^a   Lardo, Albert C ^a   Cox, Christopher ^f   Brinker, Jeffrey ^a   Lima, Joǎo A C ^a   Arbab Zadeh, Armin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Coronary artery disease; Coronary atherosclerotic disease; Coronary calcium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84893670577     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0240-8     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Motoyama S, Kondo T, Sarai M, Sugiura A, Harigaya H, Sato T, Inoue K, Okumura M, Ishii J, Anno H, Virmani R, Ozaki Y, Hishida H, Narula J (2007) Multislice computed tomographic characteristics of coronary lesions in acute coronary syndromes. J Am Coll Cardiol 50:319-326
2. Ehara S, Kobayashi Y, Yoshiyama M, Shimada K, Shimada Y, Fukuda D, Nakamura Y, Yamashita H, Yamagishi H, Takeuchi K, Naruko T, Haze K, Becker AE, Yoshikawa J, Ueda M (2004) Spotty calcification typifies the culprit plaque in patients with acute myocardial infarction: an intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation 110:3424-3429
3. Pundziute G, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Decramer I, Sarno G, Vanhoenacker PK, Boersma E, Reiber JH, Schalij MJ, Wijns W, Bax JJ (2008) Evaluation of plaque characteristics in acute coronary syndromes: non-invasive assessment with multi-slice computed tomography and invasive evaluation with intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis. Eur Heart J 29:2373-2381
4. Ellis SG, Guetta V, Miller D, Whitlow PL, Topol EJ (1999) Relation between lesion characteristics and risk with percutaneous intervention in the stent and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa era: an analysis of results from 10,907 lesions and proposal for new classification scheme. Circulation 100:1971-1976
5. Kawasaki M, Bouma BE, Bressner J, Houser SL, Nadkarni SK, MacNeill BD, Jang IK, Fujiwara H, Tearney GJ (2006) Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography and integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound images for tissue characterization of human coronary plaques. J Am Coll Cardiol 48:81-88
6. Miller JM, Rochitte CE, Dewey M, Arbab-Zadeh A, Niinuma H, Gottlieb I, Paul N, Clouse ME, Shapiro EP, Hoe J, Lardo AC, Bush DE, de Roos A, Cox C, Brinker J, Lima JA (2008) Diagnostic performance of coronary angiography by 64-row CT. N Engl J Med 359:2324-2336
7. Vavere A, Arbab-Zadeh A, Rochitte C, Dewey M, Niinuma H, Gottlieb I, Clouse ME, Bush D, Hoe J, de Roos A, Cox C, Lima JAC, Miller J (2011) Accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography angiography in assessing the degree of segmental coronary stenosis in calcified versus non-calcified plaques: a sub-Analysis of the CORE-64 Trial. Radiology 261(1):100-108
8. Arbab-Zadeh A, Miller J, Rochitte C, Dewey M, Niinuma H, Gottlieb I, Paul N, Clouse M, Shapiro EP, Hoe J, Lardo AC, Bush D, de Roos A, Cox C, Brinker J, Lima J (2012) Diagnostic accuracy of ct coronary angiography according to pretest probability of coronary artery disease and severity of coronary arterial calcification: the CorE-64 international multicenter study. J Am Coll Cardiol 59(4):379-387
9. van Velzen JE, Schuijf JD, de Graaf FR, Nucifora G, Pundziute G, Jukema JW, Schalij MJ, Kroft LJ, de Roos A, Reiber JH, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ (2009) Plaque type and composition as evaluated non-invasively by MSCT angiography and invasively by VH IVUS in relation to the degree of stenosis. Heart 95: 1990-1996
10. Cho JR, Kim YJ, Ahn CM, Moon JY, Kim JS, Kim HS, Kim MK, Ko YG, Choi D, Chung N, Choe KO, Shim WH, Cho SY, Jang Y (2010) Quantification of regional calcium burden in chronic total occlusion by 64-slice multi-detector computed tomography and procedural outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention. Int J Cardiol 145:9-14
11. Moselewski F, O'Donnell CJ, Achenbach S, Ferencik M, Massaro J, Nguyen A, Cury RC, Abbara S, Jang IK, Brady TJ, Hoffmann U (2005) Calcium concentration of individual coronary calcified plaques as measured by multidetector row computed tomography. Circulation 111:3236-3241
12. Miller JM, Dewey M, Vavere AL, Rochitte CE, Niinuma H, Arbab-Zadeh A, Paul N, Hoe J, de Roos A, Yoshioka K, Lemos PA, Bush DE, Lardo AC, Texter J, Brinker J, Cox C, Clouse ME, Lima JA (2009) Coronary CT angiography using 64 detector rows: methods and design of the multi-centre trial CORE-64. Eur Radiol 19:816-828
13. Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Chuang YC, Ditrano CJ, Leon MB (1995) Patterns of calcification in coronary artery disease. A statistical analysis of intravascular ultrasound and coronary angiography in 1155 lesions. Circulation 91:1959-1965
14. Austen WG, Edwards JE, Frye RL, Gensini GG, Gott VL, Griffith LS, McGoon DC, Murphy ML, Roe BB (1975) A reporting system on patients evaluated for coronary artery disease. Report of the Ad Hoc committee for grading of coronary artery disease, council on cardiovascular surgery, American heart association. Circulation 51:5-40
15. Pundziute G, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Lamb HJ, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ (2007) Impact of coronary calcium score on diagnostic accuracy of multislice computed tomography coronary angiography for detection of coronary artery disease. J Nucl Cardiol 14:36-43
16. Feuchtner GM, Cury RC, Jodocy D, Friedrich GJ, Blumenthal RS, Budoff MJ, Nasir K (2011) Differences in coronary plaque composition by noninvasive computed tomography angiography in individuals with and without obstructive coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis 215:90-95
17. Motoyama S, Sarai M, Harigaya H, Anno H, Inoue K, Hara T, Naruse H, Ishii J, Hishida H, Wong ND, Virmani R, Kondo T, Ozaki Y, Narula J (2009) Computed tomographic angiography characteristics of atherosclerotic plaques subsequently resulting in acute coronary syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol 54:49-57
18. Kawaguchi R, Tsurugaya H, Hoshizaki H, Toyama T, Oshima S, Taniguchi K (2008) Impact of lesion calcification on clinical and angiographic outcome after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in real-world patients. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 9:2-8
19. Brenner H, Gefeller O (1997) Variation of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios and predictive values with disease prevalence. Stat Med 16:981-991