TY - JOUR
T1 - Graft patency and progression of coronary artery disease after CABG assessed by angiography-derived fractional flow reserve
AU - Gigante, Carlo
AU - Mizukami, Takuya
AU - Sonck, Jeroen
AU - Nagumo, Sakura
AU - Tanzilli, Alessandra
AU - Bartunek, Jozef
AU - Vanderheyden, Marc
AU - Wyffels, Eric
AU - Barbato, Emanuele
AU - Pompilio, Giulio
AU - Mushtaq, Saima
AU - Bartorelli, Antonio
AU - De Bruyne, Bernard
AU - Andreini, Daniele
AU - Collet, Carlos
N1 - Funding Information:
CC report receiving research grants from Biosensor, Heart Flow Inc. and Abbott Vascular; and consultancy fees from Heart Flow Inc. and Philips Volcano. JS reports a research grant provided by Cardiopath Ph.D program. TM report receiving consultancy fees from Heart Flow Inc. EM reports institutional grant support from Abbott Vascular, Boston Scientific, and Biotronik. DA reports institutional fees as a speaker and clinical research grants from GE, Bracco, and Heartflow. BDB reports receiving consultancy fees on his behalf from Boston Scientific and Abbott Vascular. The other authors have nothing to disclose. This study was supported by the VZW Cardiovascular Research Centre, Aalst, Belgium.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Background: Graft occlusion after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) has been associated with native coronary artery competitive flow. Objectives: The present study aims to characterize the functional progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) in native vessels after CABG, and to assess the relationship between preoperative FFR as derived from angiography and graft occlusion. Methods: Multicenter study of consecutive patients undergoing CABG between 2013 and 2018, in whom a follow-up angiogram had been performed. Serial vessel-fractional flow reserve (vFFR) analyses were obtained in each major native coronary vessel before and after CABG, excluding post-anastomotic segments and graft conduits. Results: In 73 patients, serial angiograms were suitable for vFFR analysis, including 118 grafted (86 arterial and 32 saphenous grafts) and 64 non-grafted vessels. The median time between CABG and follow-up angiography was 2.4 years [IQR 1.5, 3.3]. Functional CAD progression, by means of decline in vFFR, was observed in grafted but not in non-grafted vessels (delta vFFR in grafted vessels 0.10 [IQR 0.05, 0.18] vs. 0.01 [IQR -0.01, 0.03], in non-grafted vessels, p < 0.001). Preoperative vFFR predicted graft occlusion (AUC: 0.66, 95% CI 0.52 to 0.80, p = 0.031). Conclusions: In patients undergoing CABG, preoperative vFFR derived from conventional angiograms without use of pressure wire was able to predict graft occlusion. Graft occlusion was more frequent in vessels with high vFFR values. Grafted native coronary vessels exhibited accelerated functional CAD progression, whereas in non-grafted native coronaries the functional status remained unchanged.
AB - Background: Graft occlusion after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) has been associated with native coronary artery competitive flow. Objectives: The present study aims to characterize the functional progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) in native vessels after CABG, and to assess the relationship between preoperative FFR as derived from angiography and graft occlusion. Methods: Multicenter study of consecutive patients undergoing CABG between 2013 and 2018, in whom a follow-up angiogram had been performed. Serial vessel-fractional flow reserve (vFFR) analyses were obtained in each major native coronary vessel before and after CABG, excluding post-anastomotic segments and graft conduits. Results: In 73 patients, serial angiograms were suitable for vFFR analysis, including 118 grafted (86 arterial and 32 saphenous grafts) and 64 non-grafted vessels. The median time between CABG and follow-up angiography was 2.4 years [IQR 1.5, 3.3]. Functional CAD progression, by means of decline in vFFR, was observed in grafted but not in non-grafted vessels (delta vFFR in grafted vessels 0.10 [IQR 0.05, 0.18] vs. 0.01 [IQR -0.01, 0.03], in non-grafted vessels, p < 0.001). Preoperative vFFR predicted graft occlusion (AUC: 0.66, 95% CI 0.52 to 0.80, p = 0.031). Conclusions: In patients undergoing CABG, preoperative vFFR derived from conventional angiograms without use of pressure wire was able to predict graft occlusion. Graft occlusion was more frequent in vessels with high vFFR values. Grafted native coronary vessels exhibited accelerated functional CAD progression, whereas in non-grafted native coronaries the functional status remained unchanged.
KW - Angiography-derived FFR
KW - CABG
KW - Competitive flow
KW - FFR
KW - Graft occlusion
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.04.083
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.04.083
M3 - Article
C2 - 32360649
AN - SCOPUS:85085624464
VL - 316
SP - 19
EP - 25
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0167-5273
ER -