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ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2021

Quantification of myocardial ischemia and subtended myocardial mass at adenosine stress cardiac computed tomography: a feasibility study.

F Y van Driest, R J van der Geest, A Broersen, J Dijkstra, M El Mahdiui, J W Jukema, A J H A Scholte

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F Y van DriestDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden Heart-Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands.
R J van der GeestDepartment of Radiology, Division of Image Processing, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands.
A BroersenDepartment of Radiology, Division of Image Processing, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands.
J DijkstraDepartment of Radiology, Division of Image Processing, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands.
M El MahdiuiDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden Heart-Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands.
J W JukemaDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden Heart-Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands.
A J H A ScholteDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden Heart-Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands. a.j.h.a.scholte@lumc.nl.

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Abstract

Combination of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and adenosine stress CT myocardial perfusion (CTP) allows for coronary artery lesion assessment as well as myocardial ischemia. However, myocardial ischemia on CTP is nowadays assessed semi-quantitatively by visual analysis. The aim of this study was to fully quantify myocardial ischemia and the subtended myocardial mass on CTP. We included 33 patients referred for a combined CCTA and adenosine stress CTP protocol, with good or excellent imaging quality on CTP. The coronary artery tree was automatically extracted from the CCTA and the relevant coronary artery lesions with a significant stenosis (≥ 50%) were manually defined using dedicated software. Secondly, epicardial and endocardial contours along with CT perfusion deficits were semi-automatically defined in short-axis reformatted images using MASS software. A Voronoi-based segmentation algorithm was used to quantify the subtended myocardial mass, distal from each relevant coronary artery lesion. Perfusion defect and subtended myocardial mass were spatially registered to the CTA. Finally, the subtended myocardial mass per lesion, total subtended myocardial mass and perfusion defect mass (per lesion) were measured. Voronoi-based segmentation was successful in all cases. We assessed a total of 64 relevant coronary artery lesions. Average values for left ventricular mass, total subtended mass and perfusion defect mass were 118, 69 and 7 g respectively. In 19/33 patients (58%) the total perfusion defect mass could be distributed over the relevant coronary artery lesion(s). Quantification of myocardial ischemia and subtended myocardial mass seem feasible at adenosine stress CTP and allows to quantitatively correlate coronary artery lesions to corresponding areas of myocardial hypoperfusion at CCTA and adenosine stress CTP.

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Coronary Artery DiseaseCoronary StenosisMyocardial IschemiaMyocardial Perfusion ImagingAdenosineComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyFeasibility StudiesHumansPredictive Value of TestsAdenosineAlgorithmsCardiac ct perfusion imagingCoronary computed tomography angiographyIschemia

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PMID34160721
PMCPMC8557181

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