Key result
Regional postsystolic index measured during the recovery phase of dobutamine stress echocardiography accurately detected functionally significant one-vessel coronary artery disease with an AUC of 0.882.
Why the study?
The diagnostic value of global and regional postsystolic shortening parameters by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography at rest and during dobutamine stress for detecting functionally significant CAD required evaluation.
Does regional postsystolic shortening assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography during dobutamine stress improve the detection of functionally significant coronary artery disease in patients with moderate pretest probability?
Observational (n=83)
Blinded outcome assessment
No
Does regional postsystolic shortening assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography during dobutamine stress improve the detection of functionally significant coronary artery disease in patients with moderate pretest probability?
Effect estimate: AUC 0.882
p-value: p=<0.001
May support regional PSI evaluation in dobutamine recovery; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
BACKGROUND: The main goal of this manuscript was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the global and regional postsystolic shortening (PSS) parameters, assessed by two-dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography, at rest and during dobutamine stress for the detection of functionally significant coronary artery stenoses in patients with moderate pretest probability of stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS: Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and adenosine stress myocardial perfusion imaging by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR-MPI) were performed on 83 patients with moderate pretest probability of stable CAD and left ventricle ejection fraction ≥55%. CAD was defined as ≥50% diameter stenoses on invasive coronary artery angiography (CAA) validated as hemodynamically significant by CMR-MPI. According to invasive CAA and CMR-MPI results, patients were divided into two groups: Nonpathologic CAD (-) group: 38 (45.8%) and pathologic CAD (+) group: 45 (54.2%). RESULTS: There were no significant differences in clinical characteristics, conventional 2D echocardiography between the two groups at rest and during low dobutamine dose. Regional postsystolic index (PSI) during recovery phase had the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) (AUC 0.882, sensitivity 87%, specificity 92%) for the detection of functionally significant one-vessel disease. During high dobutamine dose, regional PSI had sensitivity 78% and specificity 81% (AUC 0.78) to detect significant CAD. Regional PSI remained the same tendency remains for the detection of multiple-vessel CAD. Other myocardial deformation parameters were less sensitive and specific during high dobutamine dose and recovery phase. CONCLUSIONS: PSS parameters showed to be sensitive and specific in detecting hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis in patients with stable CAD with moderate pretest probability. The study revealed that the assessment of regional PSI performed during recovery improves the diagnostic accuracy of DSE for the detection of functionally significant CAD.
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Rumbinaitė et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Stable coronary artery disease (n=83). Speckle-tracking echocardiography for regional postsystolic index (PSI) vs. Conventional dobutamine stress echocardiography was evaluated on Detection of functionally significant one-vessel coronary artery disease using regional postsystolic index at recovery (AUC 0.882, p=<0.001). Regional postsystolic index measured during the recovery phase of dobutamine stress echocardiography accurately detected functionally significant one-vessel coronary artery disease with an AUC of 0.882.
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