The value of regional and global CACS combined with SPECT MPI in detecting obstructive CAD: a retrospective real-world comparative study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Research

Bao Liu¹  Feifei Zhang¹  Le Yang¹  Yufeng Wang¹  Wenji Yu¹  Yunmei Shi¹  Yuetao Wang²  Qi Jiang² 

[1] Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.185, Juqian Street, 213003, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China;Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.185, Juqian Street, 213003, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China;Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China;

关键词: Myocardial perfusion imaging;    SPECT;    Coronary artery calcium score;    Coronary artery disease;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12872-023-03051-y

 received in 2022-11-29, accepted in 2023-01-09,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivePrevious studies have shown that global coronary artery calcium score (CACS) can improve single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) to detect obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Whether regional CACS can improve SPECT MPI to detect obstructive CAD remains unclear. The aim of this study was to verify whether regional CACS has additional diagnostic value for obstructive CAD in suspected patients, compared to SPECT MPI and global CACS.MethodsThe study included 321 suspected CAD patients who underwent one-stop rest-stress SPECT MPI and low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan. All patients underwent coronary angiography within one month after examination. MPI images were visually analyzed by 2 experienced nuclear cardiologists. The regional CACS of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), left circumflex coronary artery (LCX), right coronary artery (RCA) and global CACS were calculated. Obstructive CAD was defined as ≥ 70% narrowing of the inner diameter of the LAD, LCX, RCA or their main branches and ≥ 50% narrowing of the left main coronary artery (LM).ResultsAmong the 321 patients, 86 (26.8%, 86/321) had obstructive CAD. With the increased in global and regional CACS, there was an increasing trend of patients with obstructive CAD (P for trend < 0.001). Regional CACS had a better diagnostic performance in RCA territories (AUC 0.856, P < 0.001) compared with LAD, LCX territories (AUC 0.690, 0.674, respectively). The AUC of combined regional CACS and MPI was significantly higher than that of MPI alone (0.735 vs. 0.600, P < 0.001). However, based on MPI, the AUC of combined regional CACS was not significantly higher than that of global CACS (0.735 vs. 0.732, P = 0.898). The sensitivity and specificity of regional CACS combined with MPI for detecting obstructive CAD were 64.0% and 72.8%, respectively.ConclusionsRegional CACS was effective in detecting obstructive CAD in RCA territory. Based on SPECT MPI, regional CACS improved the detection of obstructive CAD, but was not superior to global CACS.

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