Around 50% of patients that present with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) have residual disease in the non-culprit lesions. If the residual disease should be treated, what should guide intervention? Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has been proposed as a guide for intervention, however new developments in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) allows for non-invasive FFR measurements. If FFR from CMR can predict physiological significant stenosis as good as FFR from invasive angiography, unnecessary invasive producers can be avoided in patients with STEMI.
Early reperfusion of epicardial coronaries is essential for salvage of ischemic myocardium, reducing both morbidity and mortality in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Current European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the infarct related artery (IRA) for patients presenting with STEMI, with residual disease initially being treated conservatively. Large meta-analyses of observational studies have shown that PCI of the IRA only results in a reduced mortality compared to full revascularization in patients with STEMI and simultaneous multivessel disease. However, recent small randomized controlled trials indicate that full revascularization reduces morbidity, but have been underpowered to show any reduction in mortality. Furthermore, physiological guidance of coronary intervention by fractional flow reserve (FFR) reduces mortality compared to angiography guided PCI in both stable angina and non-STEMI (NSTEMI). However, if performing full revascularization guided by FFR in patients with STEMI improves clinical outcome, compared to initial conservative approach is not known. Assessment of myocardial perfusion in rest and during pharmacological stress is widely used for non-invasive diagnosis of myocardial ischemia, where cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has a high diagnostic accuracy. Newly developed first pass perfusion imaging with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) allows for quantification of myocardial perfusion, and CMR derived FFR. However, it is currently not known if FFR from CMR and invasive angiography correlate with each other. If FFR from CMR can predict physiological significant stenosis as good as FFR from invasive angiography, unnecessary invasive producers can be avoided in patients with STEMI.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
FFR from CMR compared to invasive FFR
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Solna, Sweden
The agreement between CMR-derived FFR and FFR from angiography
FFR will be measured with CMR on day one. FFR will be measured with invasive angiography on the following day. The FFR acquired with both methods will be compared with Pearson's correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman analysis. The aim of the study is to validate the agreement between CMR-derived FFR with FFR from angiography as the independent reference standard.
Time frame: Measurements will be collected within 1-2 days of each other.
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