Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Sep 2008)

Qual o erro da angiografia na definição de isquemia miocárdica durante intervenções coronarianas percutâneas? What is the angiography error when defining myocardial ischemia during percutaneous coronary interventions?

  • Fernando Mendes Sant'Anna,
  • Expedito Ribeiro da Silva,
  • Leonardo Alves Batista,
  • Marcelo Bastos Brito,
  • Fábio Machado Ventura,
  • Haroldo Adans Ferraz,
  • Leonardo Buczynski,
  • Carlos Alberto Mussel Barrozo,
  • Nico Pijls

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X2008001500007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 91, no. 3
pp. 179 – 184

Abstract

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FUNDAMENTO: A angiografia vem sendo utilizada como padrão de referência para definição de doença arterial coronariana (DAC), embora suas limitações sejam conhecidas. O valor da medida do fluxo fracionado de reserva do miocárdio (FFR) na avaliação da DAC está bem estabelecido. OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar a acurácia da angiografia em definir as lesões isquêmicas e sua correlação com o FFR. MÉTODOS: Duzentos e cinqüenta pacientes foram incluídos no estudo (471 vasos). Todas as estenoses > 50% pela estimativa visual da angiografia (EVA) foram avaliadas medindo-se o FFR. Se o FFR 0,75 a lesão não foi tratada. As lesões foram divididas em moderadas (BACKGROUND: The angiography has been used as a reference standard to define coronary artery disease (CAD), although its limitations are well-known. The significance of the myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFR) in the assessment of CAD is well established. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of angiography when defining ischemic lesions and its correlation with FFR. METHODS: Two hundred and fifty consecutive patients (471 arteries) were included in this study. All stenoses > 50% at the angiography visual estimate (AVE) were assessed by FFR measurements. When FFR was 0.75, no interventional treatment was carried out. Offline quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) was performed in all stenoses, which were divided in intermediate (< 70% - 327) and severe (125). The correlation coefficients between the diameter of the stenosis (%DS) and FFR and the accuracy of VA of the angiography when assessing ischemia were determined. RESULTS: FFR could be obtained in 452 lesions (96%). Mean %DS and FFR were 56 ± 8% and 0.74 and 76 ± 6% and 0.48 for moderate and severe stenoses, respectively. Concordance between QCA and FFR was poor, especially in intermediate stenoses (Spearman's rho = - 0.33, p<0.0001). Visual assessment resulted in an accuracy of 57% and 96% in intermediate and severe lesions, respectively. CONCLUSION: Neither the visual assessment of an angiogram nor QCA can accurately predict the significance of most intermediate coronary stenoses, which emphasizes the importance of associating it to a functional evaluation of the coronary circulation, resulting in an adequate treatment of these stenoses.

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