(Circulation. 2000;101:470.)
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Pulsatility of Ascending Aortic Pressure Waveform Is a Powerful Predictor of Restenosis After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
From the Department of Cardiology, Ishikiriseiki Hospital (Y.N., N.Y., K.Y.), and the Second Department of Internal Medicine (K.T.) and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health (T.H.), Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
Correspondence to Yasunori Nakayama, MD, Department of Cardiology, Ishikiriseiki Hospital, 18-28, Yayoi, Higashiosaka-City, Osaka, 579-8026, Japan.
Background—Because ascending aortic pressure has a greater effect on coronary perfusion during diastole than systole, we hypothesized that a high coronary diastolic-to-systolic pressure ratio prevents coronary lesions from restenosing after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and that ascending aortic pulsatility relative to mean pressure is higher in patients with restenosis than in those without restenosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate prospectively whether the morphology of the ascending aortic pressure wave can be used to predict restenosis after PTCA.
Methods and Results—We measured the coronary artery diameter and the aortic pressure before PTCA. To quantify the relative magnitude of the pulsatile-to-mean aortic pressure, we normalized the pulse pressure to mean pressure and referred to this value as the fractional pulse pressure (PPf). We prospectively investigated the effect of PPf in relation to subsequent risk of restenosis after PTCA in patients with coronary artery disease. PPf was a powerful predictor of restenosis. Crude cumulative incidence rates of restenosis were 17.6% for the lowest, 33.3% for the middle, and 77.8% for the highest tertile of PPf levels. After adjustments for age, smoking habits, systolic blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, old myocardial infarction, vessel location, vessel size, and sex, the odds ratio of restenosis was 33.5 (95% confidence interval, 2.04 to 550.6) for the highest tertile of the PPf level compared with the lowest tertile level.
Conclusions—Pulsatility of the ascending aortic pressure is a predictive factor for restenosis after PTCA.
Key Words: mechanics • blood pressure • restenosis
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