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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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01.10.2009 | Original Article

Quantitative relationship between coronary calcium content and coronary flow reserve as assessed by integrated PET/CT imaging

verfasst von: Zelmira Curillova, Bettina F. Yaman, Sharmila Dorbala, Raymond Y. Kwong, Arkadius Sitek, Georges El Fakhri, Constantinos Anagnostopoulos, Marcelo F. Di Carli

Erschienen in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Ausgabe 10/2009

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Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate the relationship between coronary artery calcium (CAC) and coronary vasodilator function.

Methods

We evaluated 136 patients without known coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing vasodilator stress ⁸²Rb PET/CT and CAC scoring who showed normal myocardial perfusion. The CAC score, resting and hyperemic myocardial blood flow (MBF), coronary flow reserve (CFR) and coronary vascular resistance were analyzed.

Results

Global and regional CAC scores showed significant but weak inverse correlations with hyperemic MBF (r=−0.31 and r=−0.26, p≤0.0002 respectively) and CFR (r=−0.28 and r=−0.2, p≤0.001 respectively). With increasing CAC score, there was a modest stepwise decline in CFR on a per-patient basis (1.8±0.5 vs 1.7±0.5 vs 1.5±0.4, p=0.048, with total CAC=0, 1–400 and >400, respectively) and on a per-vessel basis. In multivariable modeling only body mass index and CAC score were predictive of CFR.

Conclusion

In patients with an intermediate likelihood of, but without overt, CAD, there is a statistically significant but weak inverse correlation between CAC content and coronary vasodilator function. The strength of this association weakens after adjusting CAC scores for age, gender and coronary risk factors. This suggests that CAC and coronary vasodilator function provide biologically different information regarding atherosclerosis.

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Titel: Quantitative relationship between coronary calcium content and coronary flow reserve as assessed by integrated PET/CT imaging
verfasst von: Zelmira Curillova
Bettina F. Yaman
Sharmila Dorbala
Raymond Y. Kwong
Arkadius Sitek
Georges El Fakhri
Constantinos Anagnostopoulos
Marcelo F. Di Carli
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2009
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Ausgabe 10/2009
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Elektronische ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1121-1

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