Evaluating The Prognostic Value Of Coronary CT Angiography Derived Fractional Flow Reserve In Patient With Myocardial Infarction

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction We sought to analyze whether invasive fractional flow reserve (FFRi) values of non-infarction related (non-IRA) lesions change over time in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients and to evaluate the diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiography derived FFR (FFRCT) close to the index event for defining follow-up FFRi. Methods We prospectively enrolled 38 multi-vessel STEMI patients (mean age 61.6±9 years, mean body mass index 28.8±4.8 kg/m2, 23.1 % female) who underwent non-IRA baseline and follow-up FFRi measurement and during the 10-day period after the index event FFRCT measurement. Follow-up FFRi was performed in 45–60 days after the index event and staged percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was carried out if FFRi was ≤0.8 at follow-up. Results Mean FFRi values showed significant difference between baseline and follow-up (0.83±0.11 vs. 0.80±0.13 p = 0.04, respectively). Mean FFR-CT was 0.79±0.14. Stronger correlation and smaller mean bias was found between FFR-CT and follow-up FFRi (ρ=0.86, p<0.001, bias: 0.01) as compared with baseline FFRi (ρ=0.68, p<0.001, bias: 0.04). The overall accuracy was 94.7% with 100.0% sensitivity and 90.0% specificity for identifying lesions ≤0.8 on follow-up FFRi. Accuracy, sensitivity and specificity were 81.5%, 93.3% 73.9%, respectively for identifying lesions on baseline FFRi using FFR-CT. Conclusion Non-invasive assessment of FFR at hospital discharge after the acute event lead to a better diagnostic performance for the identification of hemodynamically relevant non-IRA lesions as compared with baseline FFRi. FFRCT might improve decision making by selecting the patients for staged PCI in patients with multi-vessel STEMI.