Quantitative Flow Ratio Identifies Nonculprit Coronary Lesions Requiring Revascularization in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Disease.

Spitaleri, Giosafat; Tebaldi, Matteo; Biscaglia, Simone; Westra, Jelmer; Brugaletta, Salvatore; Erriquez, Andrea; Passarini, Giulia; Brieda, Alessandro; Leone, Antonio Maria; Picchi, Andrea; Ielasi, Alfonso; Girolamo, Domenico Di; Trani, Carlo; Ferrari, Roberto; Reiber, Johan H C; Valgimigli, Marco; Sabatè, Manel; Campo, Gianluca (2018). Quantitative Flow Ratio Identifies Nonculprit Coronary Lesions Requiring Revascularization in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular interventions, 11(2), e006023. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.006023

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BACKGROUND

The nonculprit lesion (NCL) management in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients with multivessel disease is debated. We sought to assess whether quantitative flow ratio (QFR), a noninvasive tool to identify potentially flow-limiting lesions, may be reliable in this scenario.

METHODS AND RESULTS

The present proof-of-concept study is based on a 3-step process: (1) identification of the QFR reproducibility in NCLs assessment (cohort A, n=31); (2) prospective validation of QFR diagnostic accuracy in respect to fractional flow reserve (cohort B, n=45); and (3) investigation of long-term clinical outcomes of NCLs stratified according to QFR (cohort C, n=110). A blinded core laboratory computed QFR values for all NCLs. Cohort A showed a good correlation and agreement between QFR values at index (acute) and at staged (subacute, 3-4 days later) procedures (=0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.96-0.99; mean difference, 0.004 [-0.027 to 0.34]). The inter-rater agreement was κ=0.9. In cohort B, fractional flow reserve and QFR identified 16 (33%) and 17 (35%) NCLs potentially flow limiting. Sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values were 88%, 97%, 94%, and 94%. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve was 0.96 (95% confidence interval, 0.89-0.99). Finally, in cohort C, we identified 110 ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients where at least 1 NCL was left untreated. Patients with NCLs showing a QFR value ≤0.80 were at higher risk of adverse events (hazard ratio, 2.3; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-4.5; =0.01).

CONCLUSIONS

In a limited and selected study population, our study showed that QFR computation may be a safe and reliable tool to guide coronary revascularization of NCLs in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology

UniBE Contributor:

Valgimigli, Marco

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1941-7632

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Amanda Valle

Date Deposited:

03 Aug 2018 16:37

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:17

Publisher DOI:

10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.006023

PubMed ID:

29449325

Uncontrolled Keywords:

adenosine coronary artery disease coronary stenosis informed consent sensitivity and specificity

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.119042

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/119042

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