Multicentre multi-device hybrid imaging study of coronary artery disease: results from the EValuation of INtegrated Cardiac Imaging for the Detection and Characterization of Ischaemic Heart Disease (EVINCI) hybrid imaging population
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Journal Article
Abstract
Hybrid imaging provides a non-invasive assessment of coronary anatomy and myocardial perfusion. We sought to evaluate the added clinical value of hybrid imaging in a multicentre, multivendor setting. Fourteen centres enrolled 252 patients with stable angina and intermediate (20-90%) pre-test likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS), computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA), and quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) with fractional flow reserve (FFR). Hybrid MPS/CTCA images were obtained by 3D image fusion. Blinded core-lab analyses were performed for CTCA, MPS, QCA, and hybrid data sets. Haemodynamically significant CAD was ruled-in non-invasively in the presence of a matched finding (myocardial perfusion defect co-localized with stenosed coronary artery) and ruled-out with normal findings (both CTCA and MPS normal). Overall prevalence of significant CAD on QCA (>70% stenosis or 30-70% with FFR ≤0.80) was 37%. Of 1004 pathological myocardial segments on MPS, 246 (25%) were reclassified from their standard coronary distribution to another territory by hybrid imaging. In this respect, in 45/252 (18%) patients, hybrid imaging reassigned an entire perfusion defect to another coronary territory, changing the final diagnosis in 42% of the cases. Hybrid imaging allowed non-invasive CAD rule-out in 41%, and rule-in in 24% of patients, with a negative and positive predictive value of 88 and 87%, respectively. In patients at intermediate risk of CAD, hybrid imaging allows non-invasive co-localization of myocardial perfusion defects and subtending coronary arteries, impacting clinical decision-making in almost one every five subjects.
Date Issued
2016-03-18
Date Acceptance
2016-02-14
Citation
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2016, 17 (9), pp.951-960
ISSN
2047-2412
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
951
End Page
960
Journal / Book Title
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume
17
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jew038.
Subjects
CT coronary angiography
Coronary artery disease
Hybrid imaging
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
EVINCI Study Investigators
Publication Status
Published