The objective of this multicenter study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic cardiac CT perfusion (CTP) imaging for non-invasive functional assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD). The proposed CTP technique allows concomitant assessment of two imaging-derived cardiac biomarkers including fractional flow reserve (FFR) and myocardial perfusion from a single dynamic imaging sequence, which facilities simultaneous evaluation of the hemodynamics in epicardial coronary arteries and coronary microcirculation in patients with CAD. The CTP results will be compared with invasive coronary angiography / FFR assessment and non-invasive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) / radionuclide perfusion assessment.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
240
Multiple images of the heart are acquired with a clinical CT scanner after an intravenous bolus injection of contrast solution. The images are then analyzed to provide fractional flow reserve and myocardial perfusion values.
St Joseph's Hospital
London, Ontario, Canada
Accuracy of myocardial perfusion obtained from dynamic cardiac CT perfusion imaging for detecting functionally significant coronary artery stenosis
Comparison with invasive coronary angiography and FFR assessment
Time frame: Within 4 weeks prior to invasive cardiac catheterization
Accuracy of FFR obtained from dynamic cardiac CT perfusion imaging for detecting functionally significant coronary artery stenosis
Comparison with invasive coronary angiography and FFR assessment
Time frame: Within 4 weeks prior to invasive cardiac catheterization
Accuracy of combined myocardial perfusion and FFR measurement obtained from dynamic cardiac CT perfusion imaging for detecting functionally significant coronary artery stenosis
Comparison with invasive coronary angiography and FFR assessment
Time frame: Within 4 weeks prior to invasive cardiac catheterization
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy for functional CAD assessment between dynamic CT perfusion and static CT perfusion
Comparison in patients with multi-vessel CAD where balanced ischemia is expected
Time frame: Within 4 weeks prior to invasive cardiac catheterization
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy for functional CAD assessment between dynamic CT perfusion and CT-FFR (based on computational fluid dynamics simulation)
Comparison in patients with dense coronary calcification
Time frame: Within 4 weeks prior to invasive cardiac catheterization
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy for functional CAD assessment between dynamic CT perfusion and other non-CT perfusion imaging techniques
Comparison with CMR / radionuclide perfusion assessment
Time frame: Within 4 weeks of the acquisition of non-CT perfusion imaging
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of dynamic CT perfusion for functional CAD assessment between male and female patients
Sex-based analysis
Time frame: Within 4 weeks prior to invasive cardiac catheterization
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