Coronary interventions

Prognostic implication of three-vessel contrast-flow quantitative flow ratio in patients with stable coronary artery disease

EuroIntervention 2019;15:180-188. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00896

Rikuta Hamaya
Rikuta Hamaya 1, MD; Masahiro Hoshino 1, MD; Yoshinori Kanno 1, MD; Masao Yamaguchi 1, MD; Hiroaki Ohya 1, MD; Yohei Sumino 1, MD; Yoshihisa Kanaji 1, MD; Eisuke Usui 1, MD; Tadashi Murai 1, MD; Tetsumin Lee 1, MD; Taishi Yonetsu 2, MD; Kenzo Hirao 2, MD, PhD; Tsunekazu Kakuta 1, MD, PhD
1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan; 2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Aims: Contrast-flow quantitative flow ratio (cQFR) is a novel index of the functional severity of coronary stenosis, which can be calculated from three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography. Previous studies have shown a high correlation between cQFR and fractional flow reserve. This study sought to investigate the prognostic value of the sum of cQFR in three vessels (3V-cQFR) in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods and results: A total of 549 patients who underwent invasive coronary angiography and cQFR measurements in three vessels were analysed in the present study. Median cQFR of all cQFR-assessed vessels and 3V-cQFR of each patient were 0.94 (0.85-0.98) and 2.75 (2.62-2.87), respectively. During a median follow-up of 2.2 years, 57 patients experienced MACE. 3V-cQFR could provide prognostic information in the total cohort and among those without undergoing revascularisation as well. In a multivariate analysis, 3V-cQFR, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-I and previous MI remained as independent predictors for MACE, and conventional angiographic scores did not.

Conclusions: 3V-cQFR could discriminate the risk for MACE in patients with stable CAD. 3V-cQFR calculated from routine invasive angiograms was feasible, and the prognostic implication could be more powerful than that of conventional angiographic scores.

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