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Diagnostic Performance of 64-Multidetector Row Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Individuals Without Known Coronary Artery DiseaseResults From the Prospective Multicenter ACCURACY (Assessment by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography of Individuals Undergoing Invasive Coronary Angiography) Trial
Matthew J. Budoff, MD*,*,
David Dowe, MD ,
James G. Jollis, MD ,
Michael Gitter, MD ,
John Sutherland, MD||,
Edward Halamert, MD¶,
Markus Scherer, MD#,
Raye Bellinger, MD**,
Arthur Martin, MD,
Robert Benton, MD,
Augustin Delago, MD and
James K. Min, MD
* Department of Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, California
Department of Radiology, Atlantic Medical Imaging, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Appleton Cardiology, Appleton, Wisconsin
|| Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
¶ Indiana Heart Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
# Northeast Medical Center, Concord, North Carolina
** Sacramento Heart and Vascular Research Center, Sacramento, California
Southern Heart Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Capital Cardiology Associates, Albany, New York
Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Manuscript received May 13, 2008;
revised manuscript received July 11, 2008,
accepted July 30, 2008.
* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Matthew J. Budoff, Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, 1124 West Carson Street, Torrance, California (Email: mbudoff{at}labiomed.org).
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiographically gated 64-multidetector row coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) in individuals without known coronary artery disease (CAD).
Background: CCTA is a promising method for detection and exclusion of obstructive coronary artery stenosis. To date, no prospective multicenter trial has evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of 64-multidetector row CCTA in populations with intermediate prevalence of CAD.
Methods: We prospectively evaluated subjects with chest pain at 16 sites who were clinically referred for invasive coronary angiography (ICA). CCTAs were scored by consensus of 3 independent blinded readers. The ICAs were evaluated for coronary stenosis based on quantitative coronary angiography (QCA). No subjects were excluded for baseline coronary artery calcium score or body mass index.
Results: A total of 230 subjects underwent both CCTA and ICA (59.1% male; mean age: 57 ± 10 years). On a patient-based model, the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values to detect  50% or 70% stenosis were 95%, 83%, 64%, and 99%, respectively, and 94%, 83%, 48%, 99%, respectively. No differences in sensitivity and specificity were noted for nonobese compared with obese subjects or for heart rates  65 beats/min compared with >65 beats/min, whereas calcium scores >400 reduced specificity significantly.
Conclusions: In this prospective multicenter trial of chest pain patients without known CAD, 64-multidetector row CCTA possesses high diagnostic accuracy for detection of obstructive coronary stenosis at both thresholds of 50% and 70% stenosis. Importantly, the 99% negative predictive value at the patient and vessel level establishes CCTA as an effective noninvasive alternative to ICA to rule out obstructive coronary artery stenosis. (A Study of Computed Tomography [CT] for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Blockages in Typical or Atypical Chest Pain; NCT00348569
[ClinicalTrials.gov]
)
Key Words: computed tomography • coronary artery disease • angiography
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
| | AUC = area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve | | CAC = coronary artery calcium | | CAD = coronary artery disease | | CCTA = coronary computed tomographic angiography | | ICA = invasive coronary angiography | | MDCT = multidetector (row) computed tomography | | NPV = negative predictive value | | PPV = positive predictive value | | QCA = quantitative coronary angiography |
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