Computed Tomography Derived Fractional Flow Reserve (CT-FFR) is a noninvasive method for evaluating the hemodynamic significance of coronary artery lesions by using coronary CT Angiography (CCTA) as opposed to invasive FFR examination under invasive coronary angiography. The purpose of the CT-FFR-CHINA study is to verify that the diagnostic performance of hemodynamically significant lesions by CT-FFR is superior than routine anatomic evaluation of diameter stenosis using CCTA alone using invasive FFR as the reference standard, exclusively in Chinese population.
Numerous studies have demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy of CCTA to detect and exclude coronary artery disease (CAD). One main limitation of CCTA, however, is a tendency to overestimate the severity of coronary artery stenosis against invasive coronary angiography (ICA). On the other hand, FFR, invasively measured under ICA, is recognized as the current gold standard in determination of coronary artery lesions due to improved long-term clinical outcomes when revascularization is guided by FFR instead of ICA. Moreover, prior studies indicated unreliable relationships between detection of obstructive anatomic coronary artery stenoses defined by CCTA and hemodynamically significant lesions by invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR). Recent advances in artificial intelligence and computational modeling techniques now permit construction of a 3-dimensional model of coronary arteries visible from CCTA images and computation of FFR anywhere in the entire 3D model noninvasively. Several prior prospective, multicenter studies have reported promising results for the diagnostic performance of CT-FFR using invasive FFR as the reference standard. However, the diagnostic performance of CT-FFR in Chinese population is not clear. Therefore, we hereby designed the CT-FFR-CHINA study to determine the hemodynamically significant lesions, exclusively in Chinese subjects. It is a prospective and multi-center trial with a total of 326 subjects enrolled at 4 Chinese centers.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
326
Chao-Yang Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Fuwai Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Qi Lu Hospital, Shan Dong University
Jinan, Shandong, China
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhe Jiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
sensitivity and specificity of CT-FFR compared with CCTA
In comparison to CCTA, sensitivity and specificity of CT-FFR determine whether a subject has hemodynamically-significant coronary artery lesions using binary outcomes when compared to invasive FFR as the reference standard.
Time frame: 7days
accuracy, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of CT-FFR compared with CCTA
In comparison to CCTA, accuracy, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of CT-FFR to determine whether a subject has hemodynamically-significant coronary artery lesions using binary outcomes when compared to invasive FFR as the reference standard
Time frame: 7days
the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of CT-FFR compared with CCTA
In comparison to CCTA, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of CT-FFR in determining whether a subject has hemodynamically-significant coronary artery lesions using binary outcomes when compared to invasive FFR as the reference standard
Time frame: 7days
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