TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary artery calcification is inversely related to body morphology in patients with significant coronary artery disease
T2 - A three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound study
AU - Dangas, George D.
AU - Maehara, Akiko
AU - Evrard, Solene M.
AU - Sartori, Samantha
AU - Li, Jennifer R.
AU - Chirumamilla, Amala P.
AU - Nomura-Kitabayashi, Aya
AU - Gukathasan, Nilusha
AU - Hassanin, Ahmed
AU - Baber, Usman
AU - Fahy, Martin
AU - Fuster, Valentin
AU - Mintz, Gary S.
AU - Kovacic, Jason C.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Aims Emerging data have indicated unexpected complexity in the regulation of vascular and bone calcification. In particular, several recent studies have challenged the concept of a universally positive relationship between body morphology [weight, height, body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA)] and the extent of vascular calcification. We sought to clarify these discrepancies and investigated the relationship between index lesion coronary artery calcification (CAC) and body morphology in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Methods and results We analysed CAC in patients who underwent PCI with pre-intervention IVUS imaging. The main outcome measure was the calcium index (CalcIndex); a three-dimensional IVUS-derived measure of total calcification per obstructive coronary lesion. A total of 346 patients (65.3 ± 10.6 years; 29.5% females) underwent PCI with IVUS-based CAC assessment. CalcIndex was categorized as zero-low (0-0.1399; n = 152) or intermediate-high (0.1400-1.2541; n = 194). All measures of body morphology were lower in patients with intermediate-high CalcIndex (height, P = 0.024; weight, P = 0.008; BMI, P = 0.064; BSA, P = 0.005). In adjusted multivariable models, weight and BSA were independent inverse predictors of intermediate-high CalcIndex [weight: odds ratio (OR) 0.986, P = 0.017; BSA: OR 0.323, P = 0.012] while CalcIndex also trended towards an inverse association with both height (P = 0.068) and BMI (P = 0.064). These independent inverse associations were consistent across multiple clinical subgroups, including stratification by age, race, gender, diabetes, and renal impairment. Conclusion Using three-dimensional IVUS to assess vascular calcification, these data confirm an independent, inverse relationship between body size and index lesion CAC in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease.
AB - Aims Emerging data have indicated unexpected complexity in the regulation of vascular and bone calcification. In particular, several recent studies have challenged the concept of a universally positive relationship between body morphology [weight, height, body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA)] and the extent of vascular calcification. We sought to clarify these discrepancies and investigated the relationship between index lesion coronary artery calcification (CAC) and body morphology in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Methods and results We analysed CAC in patients who underwent PCI with pre-intervention IVUS imaging. The main outcome measure was the calcium index (CalcIndex); a three-dimensional IVUS-derived measure of total calcification per obstructive coronary lesion. A total of 346 patients (65.3 ± 10.6 years; 29.5% females) underwent PCI with IVUS-based CAC assessment. CalcIndex was categorized as zero-low (0-0.1399; n = 152) or intermediate-high (0.1400-1.2541; n = 194). All measures of body morphology were lower in patients with intermediate-high CalcIndex (height, P = 0.024; weight, P = 0.008; BMI, P = 0.064; BSA, P = 0.005). In adjusted multivariable models, weight and BSA were independent inverse predictors of intermediate-high CalcIndex [weight: odds ratio (OR) 0.986, P = 0.017; BSA: OR 0.323, P = 0.012] while CalcIndex also trended towards an inverse association with both height (P = 0.068) and BMI (P = 0.064). These independent inverse associations were consistent across multiple clinical subgroups, including stratification by age, race, gender, diabetes, and renal impairment. Conclusion Using three-dimensional IVUS to assess vascular calcification, these data confirm an independent, inverse relationship between body size and index lesion CAC in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease.
KW - Body surface area
KW - Obesity
KW - Vascular calcification
KW - Weight
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U2 - 10.1093/ehjci/jet139
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jet139
M3 - Article
C2 - 23904334
AN - SCOPUS:84892926662
SN - 2047-2404
VL - 15
SP - 201
EP - 209
JO - European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 2
ER -