Abstract
Intermediate coronary artery stenosis (≥50% and <90%) on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is usually considered as a significant lesion. However, anatomical diagnosis is not well correlated with the functional significance of myocardial ischemia. We investigated whether functional testing in addition to coronary CTA improves outcomes of patients with intermediate stenosis, compared with the 1-step CTA-alone-based strategy. From 2006 to 2011, we consecutively enrolled 335 patients with chest pain with intermediate stenosis detected by an initially performed coronary CTA. Of these, 159 patients followed the 1-step strategy, whereas 176 followed the 2-step strategy with confirmatory functional tests. One-year follow-up data were obtained for all patients. The primary end point was a composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and repeated or delayed revascularization (major adverse cardiac event) within a year. Baseline clinical parameters were comparable between patients of the 2 different strategies. The rate of invasive catheterization or percutaneous intervention was 75.5% in the 1-step group and 35.2% in the 2-step group (p <0.001). Consequently, more patients in the 2-step group were medi...Continue Reading
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