Simultaneous Viability Assessment and Invasive Coronary Angiography Using a Therapeutic CT System in Chronic Myocardial Infarction Patients

• Published in: Yonsei medical journal Vol. 65; no. 5; pp. 257 - 264
• Main Authors: Ha, Seongmin, Jang, Yeonggul, Lee, Byoung Kwon, Hong, Youngtaek, Kim, Byeong-Keuk, Park, Seil, Yoo, Sun Kook, Chang, Hyuk-Jae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Yonsei University College of Medicine 01.05.2024; 연세대학교의과대학
• Subjects: Aged; Coronary Angiography - methods; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Multidetector Computed Tomography - methods; Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Infarction - pathology; Original; Prospective Studies; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; 의학일반; Myocardial Infarction; myocardial stunning; multidetector computed tomography; coronary angiography; contrast media
• ISSN: 0513-5796; 1976-2437; 1976-2437
• DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2023.0208

In a preclinical study using a swine myocardial infarction (MI) model, a delayed enhancement (DE)-multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scan was performed using a hybrid system alongside diagnostic invasive coronary angiography (ICA) without the additional use of a contrast agent, and demonstrated an excellent correlation in the infarct area compared with histopathologic specimens. In the present investigation, we evaluated the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of a myocardial viability assessment by DE-MDCT using a hybrid system comprising ICA and MDCT alongside diagnostic ICA without the additional use of a contrast agent. We prospectively enrolled 13 patients (median age: 67 years) with a previous MI (>6 months) scheduled to undergo ICA. All patients underwent cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging before diagnostic ICA. MDCT viability scans were performed concurrently with diagnostic ICA without the use of additional contrast. The total myocardial scar volume per patient and average transmurality per myocardial segment measured by DE-MDCT were compared with those from DE-CMR. The DE volume measured by MDCT showed an excellent correlation with the volume measured by CMR (r=0.986, <0.0001). The transmurality per segment by MDCT was well-correlated with CMR (r=0.900, <0.0001); the diagnostic performance of MDCT in differentiating non-viable from viable myocardium using a 50% transmurality criterion was good with a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of 87.5%, 99.5%, 87.5%, 99.5%, and 99.1%, respectively. The feasibility of the DE-MDCT viability assessment acquired simultaneously with conventional ICA was proven in patients with chronic MI using DE-CMR as the reference standard.