Quantification of perivascular inflammation does not provide incremental prognostic value over myocardial perfusion imag
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Quantification of perivascular inflammation does not provide incremental prognostic value over myocardial perfusion imaging and calcium scoring Susan Bengs 1,2 & Ahmed Haider 1,2 & Geoffrey I. Warnock 1,2 & Michael Fiechter 1,2,3 & Yves Pargaetzi 1,2 & Georgios Rampidis 1 & Dominik Etter 1,2 & Winandus J. Wijnen 1,2 & Angela Portmann 1,2 & Elena Osto 4,5 & Valerie Treyer 1,6 & Dominik C. Benz 1 & Alexander Meisel 1,2 & Tobias A. Fuchs 1 & Christoph Gräni 1 & Ronny R. Buechel 1 & Philipp A. Kaufmann 1 & Aju P. Pazhenkottil 1,5 & Catherine Gebhard 1,2 Received: 20 July 2020 / Accepted: 1 November 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Aims Perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) has emerged as a novel coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)– based biomarker predicting cardiovascular outcomes by capturing early coronary inflammation. It is currently unknown whether FAI adds prognostic value beyond that provided by single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) and CCTA findings including coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS). Methods and results A total of 492 patients (mean age 62.5 ± 10.8 years) underwent clinically indicated multimodality CCTA and electrocardiography (ECG)-gated 99mTc-tetrofosmin SPECT-MPI between May 2005 and December 2008 at our institution, and follow-up data on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) was obtained for 314 patients. FAI was obtained from CCTA images and was measured around the right coronary artery (FAI[RCA]), the left anterior descending artery (FAI[LAD]), and the left main coronary artery (FAI[LMCA]). During a median follow-up of 2.7 years, FAI[RCA] > − 70.1 was associated with an increased rate of MACE (log rank p = 0.049), while no such association was seen for FAI[LAD] or FAI[LMCA] (p = NS). A multivariate Cox regression model accounting for cardiovascular risk factors, CCTA and SPECT-MPI findings identified FAI[RCA] as an independent predictor of MACE (HR 2.733, 95% CI: 1.220–6.123, p = 0.015). However, FAI[RCA] was no longer a significant predictor of MACE after adding CACS (p = 0.279). A first-order interaction term consisting of sex and FAI[RCA] was significant in both models (HR 2.119, 95% CI: 1.218–3.686, p = 0.008; and HR 2.071, 95% CI: 1.111–3.861, p = 0.022). Conclusion FAI does not add incremental prognostic value beyond multimodality MPI/CCTA findings including CACS. The diagnostic value of FAI[RCA] is significantly biased by sex. Keywords Fat attenuation index (FAI) . Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) . Coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) . Gender bias Aju P. Pazhenkottil and Catherine Gebhard contributed equally to this work. This article is part of the Topical Collection on Cardiology * Catherine Gebhard [email protected] 1
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
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Swiss Paraplegic Center, 6207 Nottwil, Switzerland
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Institute of Clinical Chemistry,
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