BACKGROUND: Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) frequently present with concomitant obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). In those, current guidelines recommend combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) as the preferred treatment option, although this surgical approach is associated with a high rate of clinical events. Combined transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with or without FFR have evolved as a valid alternative for cardiac surgery in patients with AS and multivessel or advanced CAD. To date, no dedicated trial has prospectively evaluated the outcomes of a percutaneous versus surgical treatment for patients with both severe AS and CAD. AIMS: To investigate whether fractional-flow reserve (FFR)-guided PCI and TAVI is noninferior to combined CABG and SAVR for the treatment of severe AS and multivessel or advanced CAD. METHODS: The Transcatheter Valve and Vessels (TCW) trial (clinicaltrial.gov: NCT03424941) is a prospective, randomized, controlled, open label, international trial. Patients ≥ 70 years with severe AS and multivessel (≥ 2 vessels) or advanced CAD, deemed feasible by the heart team for both; a full percutaneous or surgical treatment, will be randomised in a 1:1 fashion to either FFR-guided PCI followed by TAVI (intervention arm) vs. CABG and SAVR (control arm). The primary endpoint is a patient-oriented composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, disabling stroke, unscheduled clinically-driven target vessel revascularization, valve reintervention, and life threatening or disabling bleeding at 1 year. The TCW trial is powered for noninferiority, and if met, superiority will be tested. Assuming a primary endpoint rate of 30% in the CABG-SAVR arm, with a significance level α of 5%, a noninferiority limit delta of 15% and a loss to follow-up of 2%, a total of 328 patients are needed to obtain a power of 90%. The primary endpoint analysis is performed on an intention-to-treat basis. SUMMARY: The TCW Trial is the first prospective randomized trial that will study if a less invasive percutaneous treatment for severe AS and concomitant advanced CAD (i.e., FFR-guided PCI-TAVI) is noninferior to the guidelines recommended approach (CABG-SAVR).
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- aortální chlopeň chirurgie MeSH
- aortální stenóza * komplikace diagnóza chirurgie MeSH
- frakční průtoková rezerva myokardu * MeSH
- koronární angioplastika * škodlivé účinky MeSH
- koronární bypass MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nemoci koronárních tepen * komplikace diagnóza chirurgie MeSH
- prospektivní studie MeSH
- transkatetrální implantace aortální chlopně * MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH
Dlhodobé sledovanie liečby metformínom u pacientov s diabetes mellitus 2. typu vedie ku ich lepšiemu prežívaniu. Multicentrická štúdia v 4 centrách Spojeného kráľovstva v období rokov 2016–2021 sledovala mikrovaskulárnu funkciu koronárnych artérií vo vzťahu k liečbe metformínom. Významné zlepšenie rezervy perfúzie myokardu viedlo k priaznivému ovplyvneniu prognózy a zlepšeniu prežívania pacientov s diabetes mellitus 2. typu. Meranie perfúznej rezervy myokardu sa ukázalo byť lepším ukazovateľom pre endotelovú funkciu v tejto skupine pacientov než meranie prietoku krvi v myokarde.
Longitudinal monitoring of metformin treatment of patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus leads to the improvement of their survival. Multicentric follow-up in four centers of the United Kingdom during years 2016–2021 evaluated coronary microvascular function in relation to the metformin therapy. Significant improvement of myocardial perfusion reserve lead to better prognosis of the patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus. Measurement of myocardial perfusion reserve is the better measure for endothelial function, than myocardial perfusion flow.
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- diabetes mellitus 2. typu farmakoterapie komplikace MeSH
- koronární cirkulace MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- metformin * aplikace a dávkování terapeutické užití MeSH
- multicentrické studie jako téma MeSH
- rizikové faktory kardiovaskulárních chorob MeSH
- zobrazování myokardiální perfuze metody MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD) are a common condition and cause of death in the elderly population. There are difficulties with risk assessment in the elderly as the objectification of their symptomatic status can be challenging due to neuromuscular weakness, physical deconditioning or neurological, orthopaedic, peripheral vascular, or respiratory limitations. Non-invasive coronary artery velocity assessment by Doppler method at rest could be helpful in the elderly population. To evaluate the prognostic role of coronary artery ultrasound assessment in a non-selected elderly population in everyday clinical practice. METHODS: One hundred forty-five patients, aged ≥75years (99 women; 80 ± 4 years), formed the study group. Left coronary artery flows were scanned in addition to conventional echocardiography. During a median follow-up of 26 months, 16 deaths and 2 non-fatal MI occurred. RESULTS: In multivariable analysis, maximal coronary velocity was the only independent predictor for mortality (heart rate [HR]: 1.02, 95%, CI: 1.01-1.04, p < .0005) and for mortality/MI (HR: 1.02, 95%, CI: 1.01-1.03, p < .0001). The value of 110 cm/s maximal coronary flow velocity (CFL) in the proximal segments of left arteries was the best predictor for death, sensitivity 50%, specificity 90%, p < .005. The annual mortality rate was 16.6% persons/year for patients with elevated CFL ≥110 cm/s. The value 81 cm/s was the best predictor for death/MI, sensitivity 61%, specificity 80%, p < .0005; annual mortality rate was 11.2% persons/year for patients with elevated CFL ≥81 cm/s (p < .0001). CONCLUSION: Doppler CFL scanning during routine echocardiography is a feasible and valuable tool for assessment of short-term prognosis in elderly patients.
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- dopplerovská echokardiografie * metody MeSH
- echokardiografie MeSH
- koronární cirkulace fyziologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nemoci koronárních tepen * MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- rychlost toku krve fyziologie MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
BACKGROUND: Previous studies comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with multivessel coronary disease not involving the left main have shown significantly lower rates of death, myocardial infarction (MI), or stroke after CABG. These studies did not routinely use current-generation drug-eluting stents or fractional flow reserve (FFR) to guide PCI. METHODS: FAME 3 (Fractional Flow Reserve versus Angiography for Multivessel Evaluation) is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, international, randomized trial involving patients with 3-vessel coronary artery disease (not involving the left main coronary artery) in 48 centers worldwide. Patients were randomly assigned to receive FFR-guided PCI using zotarolimus drug-eluting stents or CABG. The prespecified key secondary end point of the trial reported here is the 3-year incidence of the composite of death, MI, or stroke. RESULTS: A total of 1500 patients were randomized to FFR-guided PCI or CABG. Follow-up was achieved in >96% of patients in both groups. There was no difference in the incidence of the composite of death, MI, or stroke after FFR-guided PCI compared with CABG (12.0% versus 9.2%; hazard ratio [HR], 1.3 [95% CI, 0.98-1.83]; P=0.07). The rates of death (4.1% versus 3.9%; HR, 1.0 [95% CI, 0.6-1.7]; P=0.88) and stroke (1.6% versus 2.0%; HR, 0.8 [95% CI, 0.4-1.7]; P=0.56) were not different. MI occurred more frequently after PCI (7.0% versus 4.2%; HR, 1.7 [95% CI, 1.1-2.7]; P=0.02). CONCLUSIONS: At 3-year follow-up, there was no difference in the incidence of the composite of death, MI, or stroke after FFR-guided PCI with current-generation drug-eluting stents compared with CABG. There was a higher incidence of MI after PCI compared with CABG, with no difference in death or stroke. These results provide contemporary data to allow improved shared decision-making between physicians and patients with 3-vessel coronary artery disease. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www. CLINICALTRIALS: gov; Unique identifier: NCT02100722.
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- cévní mozková příhoda * epidemiologie etiologie MeSH
- frakční průtoková rezerva myokardu * MeSH
- infarkt myokardu * MeSH
- koronární angioplastika * škodlivé účinky MeSH
- koronární bypass škodlivé účinky MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- následné studie MeSH
- nemoci koronárních tepen * chirurgie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH
BACKGROUND: There is a lack of information about the prognostic value of high velocity in coronary arteries during echocardiography. The present study was aimed at investigating the three-year prognostic value of coronary velocity assessment in all patients who were referred for echocardiography examination. METHODS: The prospective study comprises 747 consecutive patients. Death, myocardial infarction (MI), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and/or revascularisation were defined as major adverse cardiac events (MACE). Routine echocardiography was added with coronary velocity assessment in the left main, anterior descending, or circumflex coronary arteries by the Doppler method. RESULTS: During a median follow-up of 36 months, 192 patients experienced MACE. Deaths occurred more frequently in patients with high local velocity in proximal left-sided segments vs. in middle left-sided segments vs. patients without high coronary velocity (9 vs. 3 vs. 1%, p < 0.0001). Death/MI/ACS occurred in 17 vs. 7 vs. 1%, p < 0.0001, respectively. Age (HR 1.04, 95% CI 1.00; 1.06; p < 0.04), a velocity more than 65 cm/s in any proximal segments of the arteries (HR 4.7, 95% CI 1.9; 11.9; p < 0.002), ejection fraction (HR 0.97, 95% CI 0.94; 0.99; p < 0.007) were strong independent prognostic predictors of death/MI/ACS. The maximal velocity of coronary flow velocity had a significant additive prognostic value to ejection fraction. CONCLUSIONS: The coronary velocity parameters give long-term prognostic information that can be used to identify persons with a high risk of MACE in consecutive non-selected patients.
Hemodynamické vyšetření koronárních lézí pomocí hyperemických a nehyperemických indexů je v současnosti běžnou součástí vyšetřovacích postupů katetrizačních laboratoří při ozřejmování funkční významnosti angiograficky hraničních lézí. Pomocí frakční průtokové rezervy se posuzuje míra funkčního postižení epikardiálních tepen. K popsání funkce koronárního a mikrocirkulárního řečiště lze využít koronární průtokové rezervy. Samotná mikrocirkulace je pak charakterizována indexem mikrovaskulární rezistence. Díky stále dynamičtějšímu rozvoji techniky a snaze o snížení nákladů a míry invazivity vyšetření dochází k vývoji nových moderních metod umožňujících dosáhnout funkční charakteristiky hraničních lézí pouze na základě obrazových dat, ať už angiografických, či např. dat CT koronarografie.
Hemodynamic examination of coronary lesions using both hyperemic and non-hyperemic indices is currently a routine part of invasive procedures in catheterization laboratories. The most frequent indication for hemodynamic assessment is to clarify the functional significance of angiographically borderline lesions. Fractional flow reserve is used to assess the degree of functional impairment of the epicardial arteries. Coronary flow reserve is used to describe the hemodynamic condition of the coronary vessels and microvasculature. The microcirculation itself is characterized by the index of microvascular resistance. Thanks to the dynamic development of technology and efforts to reduce the costs and the degree of invasiveness of the examination, new modern methods are being developed. They allow to achieve the functional characteristics of borderline lesions on the basis of imaging data only, whether derived from angiography or, for example, CT coronary angiography.
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- frakční průtoková rezerva myokardu fyziologie MeSH
- funkční vyšetření srdce MeSH
- hemodynamické monitorování * metody přístrojové vybavení MeSH
- koronární cévy diagnostické zobrazování patofyziologie MeSH
- koronární cirkulace * fyziologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- měření krevního tlaku MeSH
- počítačové zpracování signálu přístrojové vybavení MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
Od počátku rozvoje intervenční kardiologie počítáme v současnosti již téměř 50 let. Za tuto dobu došlo k velkému pokroku nejen ve využívaných materiálech, ale také v metodách zobrazujících koronární řečiště. Do popředí zájmu se dostává identifikace vulnerabilních plátů (VP), v níž mají neotřesitelné postavení intrakoronární zobrazovací metody. Do běžné klinické praxe zavedené a využívané metody intravaskulármího zobrazování jsou jednak optická koherenční tomografie (OCT), jednak intravaskulární ultrazvuk (IVUS). Moderní metodou, založenou na spektrální analýze koronární tepny, která hodnotí chemické složení tepny, je NIRS (near infrared spectroscopy - blízká infračervená spektroskopie). Kromě identifikace VP ji lze využít v predikci periprocedurálních infarktů, hodnocení účinku hypolipidemické terapie či sizingu implantovaného stentu. Kombinací uvedených metod získáme morfologicko-chemickou analýzu aterosklerotických plátů, která přispívá ke komplexní informaci o postižení vyšetřovaného koronárního řečiště. Tyto informace mohou být základem v určení vulnerability jednotlivých plátů a tím optimalizace naší terapie.
The development of interventional cardiology has been going on for more than 50 years. During this time, great progress has been made not only in the materials used, but also in intravascular imaging (IVI). IVI plays a key role in the identification of vulnerable plaques (VP). The methods established and used in common clinical practice are mainly optical coherence tomography (OCT) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). NIRS (near infrared spectroscopy) is a modern method based on spectral analysis that evaluates the chemical composition of an artery. It can be used in identification of VP, the prediction of periprocedural infarctions, evaluation of the effect of hypolipidemic therapy or sizing of the implanted stent. Using combination of these methods, we obtain a morphologic and chemical analysis of atherosclerotic plaques. In the future, it could provide complete information about the evaluated coronary system. This could be the basis for determining the vulnerability of individual plaques and thus optimizing the therapy.
- Klíčová slova
- NIRS, near infrared spectroscopy, intracoronary imaging, NIRS, near infrared spectroscopy, intrakoronární zobrazovací metody, intrakoronární zobrazovací metody,
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- blízká infračervená spektroskopie * metody MeSH
- koronární cirkulace * MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
BACKGROUND: Patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease have been found to have better outcomes with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) than with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but studies in which PCI is guided by measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) have been lacking. METHODS: In this multicenter, international, noninferiority trial, patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease were randomly assigned to undergo CABG or FFR-guided PCI with current-generation zotarolimus-eluting stents. The primary end point was the occurrence within 1 year of a major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular event, defined as death from any cause, myocardial infarction, stroke, or repeat revascularization. Noninferiority of FFR-guided PCI to CABG was prespecified as an upper boundary of less than 1.65 for the 95% confidence interval of the hazard ratio. Secondary end points included a composite of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke; safety was also assessed. RESULTS: A total of 1500 patients underwent randomization at 48 centers. Patients assigned to undergo PCI received a mean (±SD) of 3.7±1.9 stents, and those assigned to undergo CABG received 3.4±1.0 distal anastomoses. The 1-year incidence of the composite primary end point was 10.6% among patients randomly assigned to undergo FFR-guided PCI and 6.9% among those assigned to undergo CABG (hazard ratio, 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 2.2), findings that were not consistent with noninferiority of FFR-guided PCI (P = 0.35 for noninferiority). The incidence of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke was 7.3% in the FFR-guided PCI group and 5.2% in the CABG group (hazard ratio, 1.4; 95% CI, 0.9 to 2.1). The incidences of major bleeding, arrhythmia, and acute kidney injury were higher in the CABG group than in the FFR-guided PCI group. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease, FFR-guided PCI was not found to be noninferior to CABG with respect to the incidence of a composite of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or repeat revascularization at 1 year. (Funded by Medtronic and Abbott Vascular; FAME 3 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02100722.).
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- délka operace MeSH
- délka pobytu MeSH
- frakční průtoková rezerva myokardu * MeSH
- Kaplanův-Meierův odhad MeSH
- kardiovaskulární nemoci epidemiologie MeSH
- koronární angioplastika škodlivé účinky metody MeSH
- koronární bypass * škodlivé účinky MeSH
- koronární stenóza mortalita chirurgie MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- reoperace MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- stenty MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- hodnocení ekvivalence MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
A lot of people with coronary artery disease do not have specific symptoms, and myocardial infarction or death are the first manifestation of the disease. New accurate, non-invasive and safe screening methods are required that can assess the prognosis of patients during routine examinations performed on millions of people. The aim of this review was to discuss the current literature regarding the utility of non-invasive ultrasound imaging of the coronary artery in assessing a patient's prognosis in daily practice. Assessment of coronary artery flow during common stress echocardiography or echocardiography can provide additive incremental prognostic information without the burden of radiation. Exercise or pharmacologic stress echocardiography tests combined with coronary flow velocity reserve assessment has advantages over stress tests based only on regional wall motion abnormalities. Scanning of main coronary arteries as an addition to routine echocardiography can reveal patients at high risk of adverse cardiac events in the near future.
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- echokardiografie MeSH
- koronární cévy * diagnostické zobrazování MeSH
- koronární cirkulace MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nemoci koronárních tepen * diagnostické zobrazování MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- rychlost toku krve MeSH
- zátěžová echokardiografie metody MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
