{"title":"Heparin pretreatment in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Gonçalo Costa, Bernardo Resende, Bárbara Oliveiros, Lino Gonçalves, Rogério Teixeira","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001413","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001413","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is frequently administered before percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Current guidelines, however, do not provide clear recommendations for UFH pretreatment before arrival at the coronary catheterization laboratory.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between June and July 2023, we systematically searched PubMed , Embase , and Cochrane databases for studies comparing UFH pretreatments in patients with STEMI. A random-effects meta-analysis and meta-regression analyses were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fourteen studies were included, of which four were randomized clinical trials. A total of 76 446 patients were included: 31 238 in the pretreatment group and 39 208 in the control group. Our meta-analysis revealed lower all-cause mortality for the pretreatment strategy when compared with the control group, albeit with high heterogeneity [pooled odds ratio (OR) = 0.61, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.49-0.76, P < 0.01; I2 = 77%]; lower in-hospital cardiogenic shock (pooled OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.58-0.78, P < 0.21; I2 = 27%) and a higher rate of spontaneous reperfusion events (pooled OR = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.47-1.91, P < 0.01; I2 = 79%). In terms of major bleeding, the UFH pretreatment strategy further revealed a decreased rate of events (pooled OR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.73-0.99, P = 0.40; I2 = 4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study suggests that UFH pretreatment in patients with STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention was associated with reduced all-cause mortality, cardiogenic shock, enhancing reperfusion rates while diminishing major bleeding events.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":"28-38"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141901193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coronary artery diseasePub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-20DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000001389
Yan-Li Zheng, Ping-Yu Cai, Jun Li, De-Hong Huang, Wan-da Wang, Mei-Mei Li, Jing-Ru Du, Yao-Guo Wang, Yin-Lian Cai, Rong-Cheng Zhang, Chun-Chun Wu, Shu Lin, Hui-Li Lin
{"title":"A novel radiomics-based technique for identifying vulnerable coronary plaques: a follow-up study.","authors":"Yan-Li Zheng, Ping-Yu Cai, Jun Li, De-Hong Huang, Wan-da Wang, Mei-Mei Li, Jing-Ru Du, Yao-Guo Wang, Yin-Lian Cai, Rong-Cheng Zhang, Chun-Chun Wu, Shu Lin, Hui-Li Lin","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001389","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous reports have suggested that coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-based radiomics analysis is a potentially helpful tool for assessing vulnerable plaques. We aimed to investigate whether coronary radiomic analysis of CCTA images could identify vulnerable plaques in patients with stable angina pectoris.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included patients initially diagnosed with stable angina pectoris. Patients were randomly divided into either the training or test dataset at an 8 : 2 ratio. Radiomics features were extracted from CCTA images. Radiomics models for predicting vulnerable plaques were developed using the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm. The model performance was assessed using the area under the curve (AUC); the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity were calculated to compare the diagnostic performance using the two cohorts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 158 patients were included in the analysis. The SVM radiomics model performed well in predicting vulnerable plaques, with AUC values of 0.977 and 0.875 for the training and test cohorts, respectively. With optimal cutoff values, the radiomics model showed accuracies of 0.91 and 0.882 in the training and test cohorts, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although further larger population studies are necessary, this novel CCTA radiomics model may identify vulnerable plaques in patients with stable angina pectoris.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141065179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights into the angiographic parameters and hospital events in young acute coronary syndrome: a prospective observational study in single center.","authors":"Rohit Mathur, Chaitali Kasliwal, Yudhavir Singh, Pawan Sarda, Anil Baroopal","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001433","DOIUrl":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001433","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":"36 1","pages":"81-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142794518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mostafa Adel T Mahmoud, Nada G Hamam, Thoria I Essa Ghanm, Ahmed Khaled, Ahmed S A Osman, Ahmad Beddor, Islam Mohsen Elhaddad, Afnan Ismail Ibrahim
{"title":"Comparing distal and proximal radial access for percutaneous coronary intervention and angiography: a comprehensive meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Mostafa Adel T Mahmoud, Nada G Hamam, Thoria I Essa Ghanm, Ahmed Khaled, Ahmed S A Osman, Ahmad Beddor, Islam Mohsen Elhaddad, Afnan Ismail Ibrahim","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001489","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Distal radial access (DRA) through the anatomical snuff-box is a novel technique for coronary procedures. Emerging evidence suggests that DRA is associated with a lower risk of certain complications compared to proximal radial access (PRA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review was conducted to compare clinical and procedural outcomes between both access sites for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Scopus to identify relevant randomized controlled trials.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 23 randomized controlled trials enrolling 10 062 patients (DRA group: 5042; PRA group: 5020) in this review. DRA was associated with a lower risk for radial artery occlusion (RAO) at the longest reported follow-up [risk ratio (RR): 0.30, P < 0.00001], in-hospital RAO (RR: 0.28, P < 0.00001), any bleeding (RR: 0.40, P = 0.04), hand clumsiness (RR: 0.05, P < 0.00001), and shorter time to hemostasis [mean difference (MD): -40.93, P < 0.00001]. However, DRA showed a higher access failure rate (RR = 2.64, P < 0.00001), longer access time (MD = 0.77, P < 0.00001), more puncture attempts (MD: 0.60, P < 0.0001), and greater access-related pain [standardized mean difference (SMD) = 0.23, P = 0.02]. Both approaches were comparable in terms of major adverse cardiac events (RR = 0.74, P = 0.60), and hand function (SMD = -0.05, P = 0.68).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>DRA is a safe alternative to PRA for coronary procedures, with a lower risk of complications, including RAO. However, it is limited by access-related challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142876544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endocannabinoids 2-arachidonoylglycerol and N-arachidonoylethanolamine measured in hair decrease before the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction, possibly reflecting an exhaustion of the stress-buffer system.","authors":"Nikolaos Kosmas, Panagiotis Simitsis, Evangelos Alevyzakis, Emmanouil Rizos, Dimitrios Zapantiotis, Loukianos S Rallidis","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001484","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142853489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geoffrey W Cho, Sammy Sayed, Zoee D'Costa, Daniel W Karlsberg, Ronald P Karlsberg
{"title":"First comparison between artificial intelligence-guided coronary computed tomography angiography versus single-photon emission computed tomography testing for ischemia in clinical practice.","authors":"Geoffrey W Cho, Sammy Sayed, Zoee D'Costa, Daniel W Karlsberg, Ronald P Karlsberg","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Noninvasive cardiac testing with coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) are becoming alternatives to invasive angiography for the evaluation of obstructive coronary artery disease. We aimed to evaluate whether a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted CCTA program is comparable to SPECT imaging for ischemic testing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>CCTA images were analyzed using an artificial intelligence convolutional neural network machine-learning-based model, atherosclerosis imaging-quantitative computed tomography (AI-QCT)ISCHEMIA. A total of 183 patients (75 females and 108 males, with an average age of 60.8 years ± 12.3 years) were selected. All patients underwent AI-QCTISCHEMIA-augmented CCTA, with 60 undergoing concurrent SPECT and 16 having invasive coronary angiograms. Eight studies were excluded from analysis due to incomplete data or coronary anomalies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 175 patients (95%) had CCTA performed, deemed acceptable for AI-QCTISCHEMIA interpretation. Compared to invasive angiography, AI-QCTISCHEMIA-driven CCTA showed a sensitivity of 75% and specificity of 70% for predicting coronary ischemia, versus 70% and 53%, respectively for SPECT. The negative predictive value was high for female patients when using AI-QCTISCHEMIA compared to SPECT (91% vs. 68%, P = 0.042). Area under the receiver operating characteristic curves were similar between both modalities (0.81 for AI-CCTA, 0.75 for SPECT, P = 0.526). When comparing both modalities, the correlation coefficient was r = 0.71 (P < 0.04).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AI-powered CCTA is a viable alternative to SPECT for detecting myocardial ischemia in patients with low- to intermediate-risk coronary artery disease, with significant positive and negative correlation in results. For patients who underwent confirmatory invasive angiography, the results of AI-CCTA and SPECT imaging were comparable. Future research focusing on prospective studies involving larger and more diverse patient populations is warranted to further investigate the benefits offered by AI-driven CCTA.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142853490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew K Campbell, Suraj Dahal, Alexander Mink, Shaimaa A Fadl, Phillip B Duncan
{"title":"A case of balanced ischemia: how coronary computed tomography angiography can help.","authors":"Matthew K Campbell, Suraj Dahal, Alexander Mink, Shaimaa A Fadl, Phillip B Duncan","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001487","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142853488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of outcomes of Impella-assisted high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with and without prior coronary artery bypass graft.","authors":"Mukunthan Murthi, Naveen Prasath, Anisha Memdani, Dhiran Sivasubramanian, Steve Attanasio, Gaurav Dhar, Neeraj Jolly, Aviral Vij","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001488","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Limited data is available regarding in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (HR-PCI) with Impella with and without a prior history of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a retrospective study from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from year 2016 to 2020. We identified patients who underwent Impella and percutaneous coronary intervention on the same day and excluded those with cardiogenic shock. Subsequently, we stratified them into those with and without prior CABG.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, 18 925 patients underwent HR-PCI. Among these, 2043 (10.8%) patients had prior CABG. Patients without prior CABG had a higher percentage of acute coronary syndrome at presentation (62.7 vs 56.1%, P = 0.008). The proportion of females was significantly higher in those without prior CABG (32.4 vs 21.7%, P < 0.001). On multivariate analysis, there was no statistically significant difference in the in-hospital mortality (5.8% in CABG vs 8.5% in non-CABG, P = 0.52). Patients without prior CABG had higher rates of acute kidney injury, major bleeding, and blood transfusions. There were no significant differences in rates of cardiac arrest, ventricular arrhythmias, acute stroke, coronary dissections, and coronary perforations. Those without prior CABG had a longer duration of hospitalization (6.8 vs 9.3 days, P < 0.001) and higher hospital charges ($292 267 vs $322 206, P < 0.035).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study highlights that a history of previous CABG does not increase the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing Impella-assisted HR-PCI but is associated with reduced rates of complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142845865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causes of mortality following PCI: the University of New Mexico hospital experience.","authors":"Yusra Azhar, Kenneth M Zabel, James C Blankenship","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains a problem. Clinical databases such as the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI Registry do not contain enough information to determine the specific cause of death after PCI, and thus are not able to identify opportunities for improvement (OFIs) that might have prevented the death of specific patients. We reviewed cases of death after coronary intervention to identify specific OFIs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The University of New Mexico electronic medical record system was used to identify PCI patients who died before discharge from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2021. Electronic medical records for each patient were reviewed by two physicians to identify presentation before PCI, procedural success of PCI, complications of PCI, contribution of PCI complications to death, and causes of death after PCI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, 48 of 894 PCI patients died before discharge. Presentation was ST elevation myocardial infarction in 23 (48%) and out of hospital cardiac arrest in 17 (35%). PCI success rate was 90%. Causes of death were most frequently cardiac (80%), septic shock (4%), mixed cardiogenic and septic shock (4%), COVID (8%), and anoxic brain injury (4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>All post-PCI deaths in this series occurred in acutely unstable patients, with cardiac comorbidities and myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest prior to catheterization. PCI reduced culprit stenosis to ≤50% in 96% of cases with an overall procedural success rate of 90% and only one major complication. No deaths were clearly related to operator error.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142845922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Garry W Hamilton, David Chye, Hannah Johns, Jefferson Ko, Edmond Wong, Leonid Churilov, Jaishankar Raman, David J Clark, Omar Farouque
{"title":"Predicting severe multivessel coronary artery disease to guide access strategy in patients undergoing invasive coronary angiography.","authors":"Garry W Hamilton, David Chye, Hannah Johns, Jefferson Ko, Edmond Wong, Leonid Churilov, Jaishankar Raman, David J Clark, Omar Farouque","doi":"10.1097/MCA.0000000000001490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000001490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Given radial artery conduits are increasingly utilized for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), avoiding transradial access (TRA) for invasive coronary angiography (ICA) may benefit patients who ultimately undergo CABG. We sought to predict the likelihood of severe multivessel disease (MVD) before ICA to guide this decision.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a single-center study of 1485 patients with stable symptoms who underwent ICA. A model to predict severe MVD was developed. Relative importance analyses were performed to identify clinical characteristics most associated with the presence or absence of severe MVD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>When predicting severe MVD, the model had a sensitivity of 70.3% and specificity of 71.8% (area under the curve = 0.7105). With a prevalence of 12.5% in our cohort, the model had a strong negative predictive value of 94.4%. Relative importance analyses showed factors most associated with the presence of severe MVD were a history of abnormal noninvasive tests, typical chest pain, aspirin use, insulin-dependent diabetes, increasing age, and a family history of coronary artery disease. Conversely, the absence of severe MVD was most associated with female sex, undergoing ICA as workup for either noncardiac or valve surgery, lung disease, atypical chest pain, and increased BMI.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Clinical information available before ICA can risk stratify the likelihood of severe MVD and therefore aid in identifying patients that may need CABG and could stand to benefit from TRA avoidance. The potential benefits of maximizing radial artery conduit availability by avoiding TRA must be balanced against the risks of alternative access on an individual patient basis.</p>","PeriodicalId":10702,"journal":{"name":"Coronary artery disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142845945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}