Key result
Prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source CCTA demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detecting coronary stenosis in patients with atrial fibrillation, with 89.7% sensitivity and 99.4% specificity on a per-segment basis.
Why the study?
Does prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source CCTA provide diagnostic image quality and accuracy for detecting coronary stenosis in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation regardless of heart rate?
Observational (n=85)
No
Does prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source CCTA provide diagnostic image quality and accuracy for detecting coronary stenosis in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation regardless of heart rate?
Effect estimate: kappa=0.91
Prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source CCTA provides high diagnostic accuracy and image quality in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, independent of heart rate and heart rate variability.
May support noninvasive coronary evaluation in AF; leaves open randomized validation before practice change.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of mean heart rate (HR) and heart rate variation (HRV) on image quality and diagnostic accuracy of prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source coronary CT angiography (CCTA) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS: Eighty-five patients (49 women, 36 men; mean age 62. 1 ± 9.5 years) with persistent AF underwent prospectively ECG-triggered sequential second-generation dual-source CCTA. Tube current and voltage were adjusted according to body mass index (BMI) and iterative reconstruction was used. Image quality of coronary segments (four-point scale) and presence of significant stenosis (>50%) were evaluated. Diagnostic accuracy was analyzed in 30 of the 85 patients who underwent additional invasive coronary angiography (ICA). RESULTS: Only 8 of 1102 (0.7%) segments demonstrated poor image quality. No significant impact on image quality was found for mean HR (94.9 ± 21.8 bpm; r=0.034, p=0.758; F=0.413, p=0.663) or HRV (67.5 ± 22.8 bpm; r=0.097, p=0.377; F=0.111, p=0.895). On per-segment analysis, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 89.7% (26/29), 99.4% (355/357), 92.9% (26/28), and 99.2% (355/358), respectively, with excellent correlation (kappa=0.91) with ICA. Mean effective dose was 3.3 ± 1.0 mSv. CONCLUSIONS: Prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source CCTA provides diagnostic image quality and good diagnostic accuracy for detection of coronary stenosis in AF patients without significant influence by HR or HRV.
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Yang et al. (2015) conducted an observational in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (n=85). Prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source CCTA vs. Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) was evaluated on Diagnostic accuracy for detection of significant coronary stenosis (>50%) on a per-segment basis (kappa=0.91). Prospectively ECG-triggered sequential dual-source CCTA demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detecting coronary stenosis in patients with atrial fibrillation, with 89.7% sensitivity and 99.4% specificity on a per-segment basis.
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