Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary CT Angiography in Ruling Out Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Candidates for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Population
2.2. CT Scan Protocol
2.3. Image Reconstruction and Data Analysis
3. Statistical Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Coronary CTA Findings in Patients-Based Analysis
4.2. Coronary CTA Findings in Vessel-Based Analysis
4.3. Coronary CTA Findings After Sensitivity Analysis
5. Discussion
6. Study Limitations
7. Conclusions and Future Perspectives
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Number of Patients | 95 |
Age (years) | 77.7 ± 8.5 |
Male/female | 45/50 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.6 ± 4.6 |
BSA (m2) | 1.73 ± 0.22 |
Baseline creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.35 ± 1.05 |
Base hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.8 ± 1.8 |
Heart rate (bpm) | 77.8 ± 24.6 |
EF (%) | 49 ± 10.8 |
EF < 50%, n (%) | 37 (39) |
Aortic valve mean gradient (mmHg) | 38.7 ± 14.9 |
CAC score | 1972.5 ± 1425.3 |
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 25 (26.3) |
Patients with previous coronary stenting, n (%) | 13 (13.7) |
Stent number | 27 |
Drug Eluting Stent (DES), n | 27 |
Patients with previous CABG, n (%) | 9 (9.5) |
Patients with a background history of aortic valve replacement, n (%) | 8 (8.4) |
Cardiovascular risk factors | |
Hypertension, n (%) | 70 (73.7) |
Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 59 (62.1) |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 40 (42.1) |
Current smoking, n (%) | 28 (29.5) |
Family history of CAD, n (%) | 7 (7.4) |
Patients with Two or More Cardiovascular Risk Factors; N (%) | 20 (74.1) |
Male sex, n (%) | 17 (63) |
Age ≥ 75 years, n (%) | 16 (59.3) |
High calcium score (>1200 for women and >2000 for men), n (%) | 13 (48.1) |
BMI ≥ 25, n (%) | 13 (48.1) |
Cause of Non-Diagnostic Scan; N (%) | 28 (29.5) |
Extensive coronary calcification, n (%) | 11 (39.3%) |
Previously implanted coronary stents, n (%) | 8 (28.6) |
Motion artifacts (e.g., atrial fibrillation), n (%) | 5 (17.9) |
Poor contrast opacification, n (%) | 3 (10.7) |
Image noise due to high BMI or artifacts, n (%) | 1 (3.5) |
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Gallo, C.; Campanile, A.; Izzo, C.; Paoletta, S.; Russo, V.; Chivasso, P.; Vigorito, F.; Di Maio, M.; Ciccarelli, M.; Ravera, A.; et al. Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary CT Angiography in Ruling Out Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Candidates for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2025, 12, 395. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd12100395
Gallo C, Campanile A, Izzo C, Paoletta S, Russo V, Chivasso P, Vigorito F, Di Maio M, Ciccarelli M, Ravera A, et al. Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary CT Angiography in Ruling Out Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Candidates for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2025; 12(10):395. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd12100395
Chicago/Turabian StyleGallo, Chiara, Alfonso Campanile, Carmine Izzo, Sonia Paoletta, Valentina Russo, Pierpaolo Chivasso, Francesco Vigorito, Marco Di Maio, Michele Ciccarelli, Amelia Ravera, and et al. 2025. "Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary CT Angiography in Ruling Out Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Candidates for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement" Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 12, no. 10: 395. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd12100395
APA StyleGallo, C., Campanile, A., Izzo, C., Paoletta, S., Russo, V., Chivasso, P., Vigorito, F., Di Maio, M., Ciccarelli, M., Ravera, A., Attisano, T., Maraziti, G., Di Gennaro, D., Coscioni, E., Vecchione, C., & Caleo, O. (2025). Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary CT Angiography in Ruling Out Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Candidates for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 12(10), 395. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd12100395