Kevin J. Clerkin MD, MSc , Lorenzo Sewanan MD, PhD , Jan M. Griffin MD , Ersilia M. DeFilippis MD , Boyu Peng MS , Margarita Chernovolenko MD , Erin Harris MD , Nikil Prasad MD , Paolo C. Colombo MD , Melana Yuzefpolskaya MD , Justin Fried MD , Jayant Raikhelkar MD , Veli K. Topkara MD, MSc , Michelle Castillo BS , Elaine Y. Lam PA-C , Farhana Latif MD , Koji Takeda MD, PhD , Nir Uriel MD, MSc , Gabriel Sayer MD , Andrew J. Einstein MD, PhD
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Added prognostic value of visually estimated coronary artery calcium among heart transplant recipients
Background
Cardiac hybrid positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has become a valid screening modality for cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) following heart transplantation (HT). Visually estimated coronary artery calcium (VECAC) can be quantified from CT images obtained as part of PET/CT and has been shown to be associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in coronary artery disease. We investigated the prognostic value of VECAC following HT.
Methods
A retrospective analysis of 430 consecutive adult HT patients who underwent 13N-ammonia cardiac PET/CT from 2016 to 2019 with follow-up through October 15, 2022, was performed. VECAC categories included: VECAC 0, VECAC 1–9, VECAC 10–99, and VECAC 100+. The association between VECAC categories and outcomes was assessed using univariable and multivariable proportional hazards regression. The primary outcome was death/retransplantation.
Results
The cohort was 73% male, 33% had diabetes, 67% had estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 ml/min, median age was 61 years, and median time since HT was 7.5 years. VECAC alone was insufficiently sensitive to screen for CAV. During a median follow-up of 4.2 years ninety patients experienced death or retransplantation. Compared with those with VECAC 0, patients VECAC 10–99 (HR 2.25, 95% CI 1.23–4.14, p = 0.009) and VECAC 100+ (HR 3.42, 95% CI 1.96–5.99, p < 0.001) experienced an increased risk of death/retransplantation. The association was similar for cardiovascular death and cardiovascular hospitalization. After adjusting for other predictors of death/retransplantation, VECAC 10–99 (VECAC 10–99: aHR 1.95, 95% CI 1.03–3.71 p = 0.04) and VECAC 100+ (VECAC 100+: aHR 2.33, 95% CI 1.17–4.63, p = 0.02) remained independently associated with death/retransplantation.
Conclusions
VECAC is an independent prognostic marker of death/retransplantation following HT and merits inclusion as a part of post-HT surveillance PET/CT.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, the official publication of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, brings readers essential scholarly and timely information in the field of cardio-pulmonary transplantation, mechanical and biological support of the failing heart, advanced lung disease (including pulmonary vascular disease) and cell replacement therapy. Importantly, the journal also serves as a medium of communication of pre-clinical sciences in all these rapidly expanding areas.