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OBJECTIVES:Fractional flow reserve computed tomography (FFRCT) depends upon nitroglycerin (NTG) inducing maximal hyperemia. However, the impact of NTG dosages on FFRCT analysis including coronary volume-to-mass ratio (V/M) is unknown. METHODS:Eighty patients with repeat coronary CT angiograms (CCTAs) with different sublingual spray NTG doses (0.4 mg and 0.8 mg) were retrospectively analyzed with 45 patients excluded. Patient and scan demographics, post-stenosis and nadir FFRCT values, coronary volume, and coronary volume-to-mass ratio (V/M) were compared at initial CCTA (0.4 mg NTG) and follow-up CCTA (0.8 mg NTG). Differences were compared by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. RESULTS:Thirty-five patients were included (time between CCTAs, 3.9 ± 1.6 years). Segment involvement score was 2.4 ± 3.3 and 2.8 ± 3.4 at initial and repeat CCTA (0.4 and 0.8 mg NTG), respectively (p = 0.004). There was similar image quality (4.1 ± 0.7 vs 4.1 ± 0.8; p = 0.51). Nadir FFRCT values did not differ in the left (0.4 mg, 0.80 ± 0.08 vs 0.8 mg, 0.80 ± 0.03; p = 0.66), right (0.4 mg, 0.90 ± 0.04 vs 0.8 mg, 0.90 ± 0.06; p = 0.25), or circumflex coronaries (0.4 mg, 0.87 ± 0.06 vs 0.8 mg, 0.88 ± 0.06; p = 0.34). Post-stenosis FFRCT values did not differ (p = 0.65). Coronary volume increased with 0.8 mg of NTG (2639 ± 753 mm3 vs 2844.8 ± 827 mm3; p = 0.009) but V/M ratio did not (p = 0.20). CONCLUSIONS:Use of 0.8 mg versus 0.4 mg of NTG in routine clinical CCTAs significantly increased coronary volume determined from FFRCT analysis but did not alter FFRCT or V/M. Further evaluation of repeat CCTAs in a more contemporaneous fashion using varied nitrate doses and disease severity is needed. KEY POINTS:• Fractional flow reserve from computed tomography (FFRCT) is a noninvasive method for evaluating the coronary arteries and relies on nitroglycerin (NTG) to induce coronary vasodilation, but the impact of different NTG dosages is unknown. • Retrospective analysis evaluated use of different NTG doses on FFRCT. • Increased NTG dose increased coronary luminal volume on FFRCTanalysis, but did not change FFRCTvalues.
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Eur Radioljournal_title
European radiologyauthors
Holmes KR,Fonte TA,Weir-McCall J,Anastasius M,Blanke P,Payne GW,Ellis J,Murphy DT,Taylor C,Leipsic JA,Sellers SLdoi
10.1007/s00330-019-06293-7subject
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2019-12-01 00:00:00pages
6829-6836issue
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10.1007/s00330-019-06293-7journal_volume
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