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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • The clinical utility of routine coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for unprotected left main (LM) disease remains unclear.
  • Assessing the impact of CCTA-guided follow-up versus standard care is crucial for optimizing patient management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate whether CCTA-guided follow-up improves clinical outcomes compared to symptoms- or ischemia-driven care after LM PCI.
  • To determine the efficacy and safety of routine CCTA in patients undergoing LM PCI.

Main Methods:

  • A prospective, multicenter, open-label randomized trial (PULSE) involving 606 patients treated with second-generation drug-eluting stents.
  • Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive CCTA at 6 months or standard care.
  • The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause death, spontaneous myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina, or stent thrombosis at 18 months.

Main Results:

  • The primary composite endpoint occurred in 11.9% of the CCTA group versus 12.5% of the control group (HR: 0.97; P = 0.80).
  • The CCTA arm showed a significantly reduced risk of spontaneous MI (0.9% vs 4.9%; P = 0.004).
  • An increased risk of imaging-triggered target-lesion revascularization (TLR) was observed in the CCTA arm (4.9% vs 0.3%; P = 0.001), while clinically driven TLR rates were similar.

Conclusions:

  • Routine CCTA after LM PCI did not reduce the composite primary endpoint but was associated with fewer spontaneous MIs and more imaging-triggered revascularizations.
  • Further research is warranted to clarify the value of CCTA in specific complex anatomic subsets of patients.