Why the study?
Does coronary flow velocity reserve predict cardiovascular mortality in patients with significant RC and/or CX stenosis without LAD disease?
Population
49 patients with significant right and/or left circumflex coronary artery stenosis without epicardial left…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 97 +/- 29 months
Key result
Coronary flow velocity reserve was an independent predictor of survival in patients with significant coronary artery disease not involving the LAD (HR 6.26; 95% CI 1.23-19.61; P=0.024).
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May aid risk stratification in non-LAD CAD; leaves open whether CFVR should guide therapy, pending prospective validation.
Cohort (n=49)
Does coronary flow velocity reserve predict cardiovascular mortality in patients with significant RC and/or CX stenosis without LAD disease?
Hazard Ratio: 6.26 (95% CI 1.23–19.61)
p-value: p=0.024
Coronary flow velocity reserve measured by transesophageal echocardiography is a strong independent predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with non-LAD coronary artery disease.
Nemes et al. (2010) conducted a cohort in Significant coronary artery disease not involving the LAD (n=49). Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFR) vs. Higher CFR was evaluated on Survival (HR 6.26, 95% CI 1.23-19.61, p=0.024). Coronary flow velocity reserve was an independent predictor of survival in patients with significant coronary artery disease not involving the LAD (HR 6.26; 95% CI 1.23-19.61; P=0.024).
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