Abstract
Background and Coronary flow capacity (CFC) is associated with an observed 10-year survival probability for individual patients before and Aims after actual revascularization for comparison to virtual hypothetical ideal complete revascularization. Methods Stress myocardial perfusion (mL/min/g) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) per pixel were quantified in 6979 coronary artery disease (CAD) subjects using Rb-82 positron emission tomography (PET) for CFC maps of artery-specific size-severity abnormalities expressed as percent left ventricle with prospective follow-up to define survival probability per-decade as fraction of 1.0. Results Severely reduced CFC in 6979 subjects predicted low survival probability that improved by 42% after revascularization compared with no revascularization for comparable severity (P = .0015). For 283 pre-and-post-procedure PET pairs, severely reduced regional CFC-associated survival probability improved heterogeneously after revascularization (P < .001), more so after bypass surgery than percutaneous coronary interventions (P < .001) but normalized in only 5.7%; non-severe baseline CFC or survival probability did not improve compared with severe CFC (P = .00001). Observed CFC-associated survival probability after actual revascularization was lower than virtual ideal hypothetical complete post-revascularization survival probability due to residual CAD or failed revascularization (P < .001) unrelated to gender or microvascular dysfunction. Severely reduced CFC in 2552 post-revascularization subjects associated with low survival probability also improved after repeat revascularization compared with no repeat procedures (P = .025). Conclusions Severely reduced CFC and associated observed survival probability improved after first and repeat revascularization compared with no revascularization for comparable CFC severity. Non-severe CFC showed no benefit. Discordance between observed actual and virtual hypothetical post-revascularization survival probability revealed residual CAD or failed revascularization.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-194 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | European Heart Journal |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 14 2024 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Coronary artery disease
- Coronary bypass surgery
- Coronary flow reserve
- Myocardial ischaemia
- Myocardial perfusion
- PET imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine