Angiography-derived physiological patterns of coronary artery disease: implications with post-stenting physiology and long-term clinical outcomes

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2024年8月5日

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Simone Fezzi,
Paolo Alberto Del Sole,
Francesco Burzotta,
Antonio Maria Leone,
Daixin Ding,
Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios,
Carlo Trani,
Luca Bonizzi,
Sara Sgreva,
Stefano Andreaggi,
Jiayue Huang,
Gabriele Pesarini,
Domenico Tavella,
Guy Prado,
Andrea Vicerè,
Dimitrios Oikonomou,
Konstantia Paraskevi Gkini,
Domenico Galante,
Konstantinos Tsioufis,
Charalambos Vlachopoulos,
William Wijns,
Flavio Ribichini,
Shengxian Tu,
Roberto Scarsini

摘要

Background

Physiological patterns of coronary artery disease (CAD) have emerged as potential determinants of functional results of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and of vessel-oriented clinical outcomes (VOCE).

Objectives

In this study, we evaluated the impact of angiography-derived physiological patterns of CAD on post-PCI functional results and long-term clinical outcomes.

Methods

Pre-PCI angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) virtual pullbacks were quantitatively interpreted and used to determine the physiological patterns of CAD. Suboptimal post-PCI physiology was defined as an angiography-derived FFR value ≤ 0.91. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of VOCE at the longest available follow-up.

Results

Six hundred fifteen lesions from 516 patients were stratified into predominantly focal (n = 322, 52.3%) and predominantly diffuse (n = 293, 47.7%). Diffuse pattern of CAD was associated with lower post-PCI angiography-derived FFR values (0.91 ± 0.05 vs. 0.94 ± 0.05; p = 0.001) and larger rate of suboptimal post-PCI physiology (43.0 vs. 22.7%; p = 0.001), as compared to focal CAD. At the median follow-up time of 37 months (33–58), post-PCI suboptimal physiology was related to a higher risk of VOCE (16.2% vs. 7.6%; HR: 2.311; 95% CI 1.410–3.794; p = 0.0009), while no significant difference was noted according to baseline physiological pattern. In diffuse disease, the use of intracoronary imaging was associated with a lower incidence of long-term VOCE (5.1% vs 14.8%; HR: 0.313, 95% CI 0.167–0.614, p = 0.030).

Conclusions

Suboptimal post-PCI physiology is observed more often in diffusely diseased arteries and it is associated with higher risk of VOCE at follow-up. The use of intravascular imaging might improve clinical outcomes in the setting of diffuse CAD.