Current trends in patients with chronic total occlusions undergoing coronary CT angiography

Maksymilian P Opolski; Bríain ó Hartaigh; Daniel S Berman; Matthew J Budoff; Stephan Achenbach; Mouaz Al-Mallah; Daniele Andreini; Filippo Cademartiri; Hyuk-Jae Chang; Kavitha Chinnaiyan; Benjamin J W Chow; Martin Hadamitzky; Joerg Hausleiter; Gudrun Feuchtner; Yong-Jin Kim; Philipp A Kaufmann; Jonathon Leipsic; Erica Maffei; Gianluca Pontone; Gilbert Raff; Leslee J Shaw; Todd C Villines; James K Min

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Current trends in patients with chronic total occlusions undergoing coronary CT angiography

Authors: Maksymilian P Opolski ; Bríain ó Hartaigh ; Daniel S Berman ; Matthew J Budoff ; Stephan Achenbach ; Mouaz Al-Mallah ; Daniele Andreini ; Filippo Cademartiri ; Hyuk-Jae Chang ; Kavitha Chinnaiyan ; Benjamin J W Chow ; Martin Hadamitzky ; Joerg Hausleiter ; Gudrun Feuchtner ; Yong-Jin Kim ; Philipp A Kaufmann ; Jonathon Leipsic ; Erica Maffei ; Gianluca Pontone ; Gilbert Raff ; Leslee J Shaw ; Todd C Villines ; James K Min

Citation: HEART, Vol.101(15) : 1212-1218, 2015

Journal Title: HEART

ISSN: 1355-6037

Issue Date: 2015

MeSH: Age Factors ; Aged ; Canada ; Cardiovascular Agents/therapeutic use* ; Chi-Square Distribution ; Chronic Disease ; Comorbidity ; Coronary Angiography/methods* ; Coronary Artery Bypass/trends* ; Coronary Occlusion/diagnostic imaging* ; Coronary Occlusion/epidemiology ; Coronary Occlusion/therapy* ; Coronary Stenosis/diagnostic imaging* ; Coronary Stenosis/epidemiology ; Coronary Stenosis/therapy* ; Europe ; Female ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Multidetector Computed Tomography* ; Multivariate Analysis ; Odds Ratio ; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/trends* ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prevalence ; Prospective Studies ; Registries ; Republic of Korea ; Risk Factors ; Sex Factors ; Smoking/adverse effects ; Smoking/epidemiology ; Time Factors ; Treatment Outcome ; United States

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Data describing the prevalence, characteristics and management of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) in patients undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) have not been reported. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, characteristics and treatment strategies of CTO identified by CCTA.

METHODS: We identified 23 745 patients who underwent CCTA for suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) from the prospective international CCTA registry. Baseline clinical data were collected, and allocation to early coronary revascularisation performed within 90 days of CCTA was determined. Multivariable hierarchical mixed-effects logistic regression reporting OR with 95% CI was performed.

RESULTS: The prevalence of CTO was 1.4% (342/23 745) in all patients and 6.2% in patients with obstructive CAD (≥50% stenosis). The presence of CTO was independently associated with male sex (OR 3.12, 95% CI 2.39 to 4.08, p<0.001), smoking (OR 2.02, 95% CI 1.55 to 2.64, p<0.001), diabetes (OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.22 to 2.11, p=0.001), typical angina (OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.12 to 2.06, p=0.008), hypertension (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.88, p=0.003), family history of CAD (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.67, p=0.04) and age (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.07, p<0.001). Most patients with CTO (61%) were treated medically, while 39% underwent coronary revascularisation. In patients with severe CAD (≥70% stenosis), CTO independently predicted revascularisation by coronary artery bypass grafting (OR 3.41, 95% CI 2.06 to 5.66, p<0.001), but not by percutaneous coronary intervention (p=0.83).

CONCLUSIONS: CTOs are not uncommon in a contemporary CCTA population, and are associated with age, gender, angina status and CAD risk factors. Most individuals with CTO undergoing CCTA are managed medically with higher rates of surgical revascularisation in patients with versus without CTO.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01443637.