Association of postsystolic shortening on stress echocardiography and significant coronary artery stenosis: A single-centre retrospective cohort study.
Joel ToftgårdHenrik HedskogLars RuneJan SvedenhagGabriel RivaPublished in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2024)
The final study population consisted of 108 patients (73 PSS, 35 HA). The presence of HA was associated with a higher risk of significant stenosis compared to those with PSS (63% vs. 23%, p < 0.001). This relationship was observed among males (p < 0.001), but not among females (p = 0.133). Nonsignificant stenosis trended to be more common among patients with PSS (21% vs. 6%, p = 0.053) CONCLUSIONS: The finding of PSS without HA was associated with a lower risk of significant coronary stenosis than HA. However, patients with PSS still often had nonsignificant coronary stenosis and PSS in the evaluation for nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) should be further investigated.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary artery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- cardiovascular events
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary hypertension
- left ventricular
- type diabetes
- acute coronary syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- atrial fibrillation
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- patient reported