Influence of coronary artery stenosis severity and coronary collateralization on extent of chronic myocardial scar: insights from quantitative coronary angiography and delayed-enhancement MRI

• Published in: The open cardiovascular medicine journal 2008-01, Vol.2 (1), p.79-86
• Main Authors: Bexell, Daniel, Setser, Randolph M, Schoenhagen, Paul, Lieber, Michael L, Brener, Sorin J, Ivanc, Thomas B, Balazs, Eva M, O' Donnell, Thomas P, Stillman, Arthur E, Arheden, Håkan, Wagner, Galen S, White, Richard D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1874-1924; 1874-1924
• DOI: 10.2174/1874192400802010079

In patients with chronic ischemic heart disease, the relationship between coronary artery lesion severity and myocardial scarring is unknown.The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between proximal coronary artery stenosis severity, the amount of coronary collateralization, and myocardial scar extent in the distal distribution of the affected coronary artery based on both quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) and delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI). Thirty-four patients (26 males, 8 females; age range: 35-86 years) with a coronary artery containing a single, proximal stenosis >/=30% by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) underwent DE-MRI. The relationship between stenosis severity, collateralization, and myocardial scar morphology (area, transmurality and patchiness) was examined using linear mixed-model ANCOVA. There was a statistically significant correlation between stenosis severity and scar extent (r=0.53, p/=70%) exhibited significantly greater collateralization (p