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  • Medical Imaging
  • Diagnostic Tools

Background:

  • Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) frequently identifies intermediate coronary stenosis, necessitating further physiological testing.
  • CTA-based fractional flow reserve (CTA-FFR) offers a potential non-invasive solution to obviate the need for additional invasive procedures.
  • Uncertainty regarding CTA-FFR thresholds for confidently distinguishing ischemic from non-ischemic stenosis limits its clinical utility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the proportion of patients with intermediate coronary stenosis diagnosed via CTA who could be spared further testing using CTA-FFR.
  • To determine CTA-FFR thresholds that accurately predict invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) results (≤0.80) with at least 90% accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 96 lesions in 90 patients with intermediate coronary stenosis (50%-90%) diagnosed by CTA.
  • Comparison of CTA-FFR values with invasive FFR measurements.
  • Utilized Bland-Altman analysis and receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves to assess CTA-FFR accuracy and diagnostic performance.

Main Results:

  • Invasive FFR ≤0.80 was found in 42.7% of lesions.
  • CTA-FFR demonstrated superior diagnostic performance compared to CTA alone (ROC AUC 0.835 vs. 0.660).
  • CTA-FFR thresholds of >0.87 and <0.74 achieved ≥90% positive and negative predictive values, respectively, identifying 51% of lesions and 45 patients.

Conclusions:

  • CTA-FFR can confidently differentiate ischemic from non-ischemic intermediate coronary stenoses in approximately 50% of patients.
  • This non-invasive approach may reduce the need for further diagnostic procedures.
  • Validation in an independent cohort is required to confirm these findings.