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. 2017 Feb 24;12(2):e0172280.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172280. eCollection 2017.

Prognostic value of dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and normal left ventricular function

Angele A A Mattoso  1 , Jeane M Tsutsui  1 , Ingrid Kowatsch  1 , Vitória Y L Cruz  1 , João C N Sbano  2 , Henrique B Ribeiro  1 , Roberto Kalil Filho  1 , Thomas R Porter  2 , Wilson Mathias Jr  1
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Prognostic value of dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and normal left ventricular function

Angele A A Mattoso et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Objective: We sought to determine the prognostic value of qualitative and quantitative analysis obtained by real-time myocardial perfusion echocardiography (RTMPE) in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).

Background: Quantification of myocardial blood flow reserve (MBFR) in patients with CAD using RTMPE has been demonstrated to further improve accuracy over the analysis of wall motion (WM) and qualitative analysis of myocardial perfusion (QMP).

Methods: From March 2003 to December 2008, we prospectively studied 168 patients with normal left ventricular function (LVF) who underwent dobutamine stress RTMPE. The replenishment velocity reserve (β) and MBFR were derived from RTMPE. Acute coronary events were: cardiac death, myocardial infarction and unstable angina with need for urgent coronary revascularization.

Results: During a median follow-up of 34 months (5 days to 6.9 years), 17 acute coronary events occurred. Abnormal β reserve in ≥2 coronary territories was the only independent predictor of events hazard ratio (HR) = 21, 95% CI = 4.5-99; p<0.001). Both, abnormal β reserve and MBFR added significant incremental value in predicting events over qualitative analysis of WM and MP (χ2 = 6.6 and χ2 = 24.6, respectively; p = 0.001 and χ2 = 6.6 and χ2 = 15.5, respectively; p = 0.012, respectively). When coronary angiographic data was added to the multivariate analysis model, β reserve remained the only predictor of events with HR of 21.0 (95% CI = 4.5-99); p<0.001.

Conclusion: Quantitative dobutamine stress RTMPE provides incremental prognostic information over clinical variables, qualitative analysis of WM and MP, and coronary angiography in predicting acute coronary events.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: Dr. Thomas Porter is a consulting for Lantheus Medical Imaging and Philips Medical Systems. No other conflict of interest exists from the remaining authors. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Kaplan-Meier curves of patients according the results of Wall Motion (WM) (A) and qualitative Myocardial Perfusion (MP) (B).
Fig 2
Fig 2. Kaplan-Meier curves of patients according the results of β reserve (A) and MBFR (B).
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Fig 3
Apical four-chamber view imagin of a 67 year-old man with normal wall motion and qualitative myocardial perfusion at rest (A). (B) During dobutamine-stress, it was observed apical dyskinesis and marked perfusion defect (arrow). (C) Acoustic intensity curves at rest and during stress demonstrated a low β reserve. (D) Coronary angiography demonstrated significant coronary artery disease. Patient had event after 8 months of echocardiography. LAD-left anterior descending artery, LCx- left circumflex artery, LMA- left marginal artery.
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Fig 4. Incremental value of abnormal Myocardial Perfusion (MP), abnormal Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve (MBRF) (A) and abnormal β reserve (B) over abnormal Wall Motion (WM) using a Cox model for predicting acute coronary events.
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Fig 5. Incremental value of Coronary Angiography (CA), abnormal Myocardial Perfusion (MP), abnormal Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve (MBFR) (A) and abnormal β reserve (B) over abnormal Wall Motion (WM) using a Cox model.
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