A systematic report on non-coronary cardiac CTA in 1097 patients from the German cardiac CT registry

Gitsioudis G, Schneider S, Schmermund A, Korosoglou G, Hausleiter J, Schroeder S, Rixe J, Leber A, Bruder O, Katus HA, Senges J, Achenbach S, Marwan M (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

European Journal of Radiology Elsevier

Book Volume: 130

Article Number: 109136

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109136

Abstract

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate contemporary indications, safety and diagnostic impact of cardiac CTA in patients undergoing cardiac CTA examinations for non-coronary clinical indications. Method: We analyzed 1097 consecutive patients from the German Cardiac CT Registry who underwent cardiac CTA between 2009 and 2014 due to clinically indicated non-coronary reasons using 64-slice or newer CT systems in twelve tertiary German heart centers in order to evaluate the impact of clinical indications on procedure-associated parameters. All participating centers electronically submitted patient and examination data including detailed indications, clinical symptoms, procedural parameters, complications and diagnostic results in a predefined template. Results: The most frequent indication for non-coronary cardiac CTA was the evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomy (65.9 %, 723/1097). In the remaining cases, most frequent indications were planning before TAVI (44.5 %, 69/155), evaluation of valvular disease (31.6 %, 49/155), and evaluation of implants (5.8 %, 9/155). Non-coronary cardiac CTA required a median amount of iodinated contrast agent of 100.0 mL (IQR 95.0–110.0 mL). Prospectively ECG-triggered acquisition was the most frequently used protocol (74.0 %), followed by retrospectively ECG-gated acquisition with and without tube current modulation (19.9 % and 6.0 %, respectively), resulting in a mean estimated effective dose of 5.2 mSv (IQR 2.9−9.5 mSv, average conversion factor k = 0.026). Overall, complication rate was very low (1.5 %). Non-coronary cardiac CTA revealed a new clinical diagnostic aspect in 3.2 % of all patients, and a new main clinical diagnosis in 2.2 %. Conclusions: Non-coronary cardiac CTA as a routinely applied diagnostic modality is associated with a very low procedure-related rate of complications and reasonably low radiation exposure using contemporary CT systems.

Authors with CRIS profile

Stephan Achenbach Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II Mohamed Marwan Department of Medicine 2 – Cardiology and Angiology

Involved external institutions

Isarklinikum (Isar Kliniken GmbH) DE Germany (DE) IHF GmbH Institut für Herzinfarktforschung DE Germany (DE) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) DE Germany (DE) GRN-Klinik Weinheim DE Germany (DE) Regionale Kliniken Holding RKH DE Germany (DE) Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen DE Germany (DE) Alb Fils Kliniken DE Germany (DE) Cardioangiologische Centrum Bethanien DE Germany (DE) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg DE Germany (DE) Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen DE Germany (DE)

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APA:

Gitsioudis, G., Schneider, S., Schmermund, A., Korosoglou, G., Hausleiter, J., Schroeder, S.,... Marwan, M. (2020). A systematic report on non-coronary cardiac CTA in 1097 patients from the German cardiac CT registry. European Journal of Radiology, 130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109136

MLA:

Gitsioudis, Gitsios, et al. "A systematic report on non-coronary cardiac CTA in 1097 patients from the German cardiac CT registry." European Journal of Radiology 130 (2020).

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