PMID: 16620697Apr 20, 2006Paper

Compensatory enlargement in transplant coronary artery disease: an intravascular ultrasound study

Chinese Medical Journal
Haiyan LiJonathan M Tobis

Abstract

It is unclear to what extent the "Glagov phenomenon" occurs in transplant coronary artery disease (TCAD). The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between intimal hyperplasia and compensatory enlargement in TCAD. Intravascular ultrasound imaging was performed on 190 cardiac transplant recipients at (1.4 +/- 0.6) months and again (12.1 +/- 0.7) months after cardiac transplantation. Studies 1 year apart were matched at 625 sites. There were 345 coronary artery sites that had an increase in intimal area > 10% from baseline to one year, and this comprised the data set of the present study. At the first year, 91% of coronary artery sites with intimal growth had a total cross-sectional area stenosis < or = 40%, but 38% of the sites showed a decrease of > 10% in lumen area. Receiver operating characteristic curve demonstrated that the change in cross-sectional area stenosis cut-off level at year 1 was 8% with a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 82% in predicting lumen loss. At a total cross-sectional area stenosis of 20%, sensitivity was 65% with a specificity of 81% in predicting lumen loss. In TCAD, vessel enlargement as a compensatory mechanism for plaque growth is generally inadequate. Instead of continue...Continue Reading

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