Published online Dec 31, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.12997/jla.2014.3.2.79
Comparison of Coronary Plaque and Stenosis Between Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography and Virtual Histology-Intravascular Ultrasound in Asymptomatic Patients with Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
Abstract
Objectives
The purpose of the study was to compare plaque characteristics by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) with those by virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS).
Methods
We enrolled 50 asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus or more than two risk factors for coronary artery disease such as hypertension, smoking, and hyperlipidemia. If the patient had a coronary lesion (plaque with more than 50% stenosis or calcium score more than 100), we recommended coronary angiography and VH-IVUS and compared CCTA findings with VH-IVUS findings.
Results
35 patients (70%) had coronary lesions, and we performed both CCTA and VH-IVUS in 23 patients. All 23 patients had multiple risk factors, and the majority of target lesions were located at left anterior descending artery (73.9%), and calcium score of lesion site was 106±162 with plaque volume of 232±153 mm3 by CCTA. Calcium score of lesion site was significantly greater in diabetic patients (n=14) than non-diabetic patients (n=9) (118±159 vs. 88±175, p=0.038). By VH-IVUS, plaque volume was 174±127 mm3, absolute necrotic core (NC) volume was 22±21 mm3, and relative NC volume was 20.8±8.7%. Absolute dense calcium (DC) volume and absolute NC volumes were significantly greater in diabetic patients than non-diabetic patients (11.5±13.8 mm3 vs. 9.1±11.0 mm3,p=0.028, and 23.9±24.7 mm3 vs. 18.1±14.3 mm3,p=0.035, respectively). Plaque volume by CCTA correlated with that of VH-IVUS (r=0.742, p<0.001), and plaque volume by CCTA correlated with absolute NC volume by VH-IVUS (r=0.621, p<0.001), and calcium score of lesion site by CCTA correlated with absolute dense calcium volume by VH-IVUS (r=0.478, p=0.028).
Conclusion
Coronary lesion was detected by CCTA in 70% of asymptomatic patients with multiple coronary risk factors, and parameters detected by CCTA correlated well with those detected by VH-IVUS.
Fig. 1
Coronary computed tomography angiography (A), coronary angiography (B), and virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound findings (C) in patients with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, and hyperlipidemia.
Fig. 2
Correlation between plaque volume by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) with that by virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) (A), and correlation between plaque volume by CCTA with absolute necrotic core volume by VH-IVUS (B), and correlation between lesion site calcium score by CCTA with absolute dense calcium volume by VH-IVUS (C).
Table 1
Baseline characteristics in patients who underwent both computed tomography angiography and virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound
Table 2
Computed tomography angiography and quantitative coronary angiography findings in patients who underwent both computed tomography angiography and virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound
Table 3
Virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound findings in patients who underwent both computed tomography angiography and virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound
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