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  • Title: Subtracted Computed Tomography Angiography in the Evaluation of Coronary Arteries With Severe Calcification or Stents Using a 320-Row Computed Tomography Scanner.
    Author: Chen CC, Wu PW, Tsay PK, Wang CC, Toh CH, Wan YL.
    Journal: J Thorac Imaging; 2020 Sep; 35(5):317-325. PubMed ID: 32073538.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has its limitations in evaluating arteries with stents or heavy calcification. This study compares the diagnostic performance of subtracted coronary computed tomography angiography (SCCTA) and nonsubtracted coronary computed tomography angiography (NSCCTA) in evaluating coronary artery disease (CAD) and in-stent restenosis (ISR). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve patients with stents and 20 patients with heavy coronary calcifications (total Agatston's score >400) underwent both SCCTA and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) with an interval of <3 months. Four subjects in the stented group also had heavy calcifications. Overall, 30 stented segments and 202 calcified segments were assessed to compare the diagnostic performance of SCCTA and NSCCTA in detecting ISR and CAD. RESULTS: For the 30 stented segments, SCCTA/NSCCTA had a sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) (shown in %) of 66.7/100, 100/55.6, 96.7/60, 100/20, and 96.4/100 in diagnosing ISR, respectively. For the 202 calcified segments, SCCTA/NSCCTA had a sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV, and NPV of 68.8/84.4, 97.6/76.5, 93.1/77.7, 84.6/40.3, and 94.3/96.3 in diagnosing CAD, respectively. For both stented and calcified segments, SCCTA was significantly superior to NSCCTA in specificity and accuracy. For the calcified segments, SCCTA was significantly superior to NSCCTA in PPV. There was no significant difference in the diagnostic performance of SCCTA between the stented and calcified segments. CONCLUSIONS: The diagnostic accuracy and specificity of SCCTA are significantly superior to those of NSCCTA in evaluating CAD and ISR. SCCTA shows no statistical difference in its diagnostic performance between the stented and calcified segments.
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