TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary Calcification In Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes
T2 - Insights From The Matrix Trial
AU - Sanz Sánchez, Jorge
AU - Garcia-Garcia, Hector M
AU - Branca, Mattia
AU - Frigoli, E
AU - Leonardi, S
AU - Gagnor, A
AU - Calabrò, P
AU - Garducci, S
AU - Rubartelli, P
AU - Briguori, C
AU - Andò, G
AU - Repetto, A
AU - Limbruno, U
AU - Garbo, R
AU - Sganzerla, P
AU - Russo, F
AU - Lupi, A
AU - Cortese, B
AU - Ausiello, A
AU - Ierna, S
AU - Esposito, G
AU - Santarelli, A
AU - Sardella, G
AU - Varbella, F
AU - Tresoldi, S
AU - de Cesare, N
AU - Rigattieri, S
AU - Zingarelli, A
AU - Tosi, P
AU - van 't Hof, A
AU - Boccuzzi, G
AU - Omerovic, E
AU - Sabaté, M
AU - Heg, D
AU - Vranckx, P
AU - Valgimigli, M
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The role of coronary calcification on clinical outcomes among different revascularization strategies in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has been rarely investigated. The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the role of coronary calcification, detected by coronary angiography, in the whole spectrum of patients presenting with acute ACS. METHODS: The present study was a post hoc analysis of the MATRIX program. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as the composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), or stroke up to 365 days. RESULTS: Among the 8,404 patients randomized in the MATRIX trial, data about coronary calcification was available in 7446 (88.6%) and therefore were included in this post-hoc analysis. Overall, 875 patients (11.7%) presented with severe coronary calcification, while 6,571 patients (88.3%) did not present severe coronary calcification on coronary angiography. Fewer patients with severe coronary calcification underwent percutaneous coronary intervention whereas coronary artery bypass grafting or medical therapy-only was more frequent compared with patients without severe calcification. At 1-year follow-up, MACE occurred in 237 (27.1%) patients with severe calcified coronary lesions and 985 (15%) patients without severe coronary calcified lesions [HR 1.91; 95% CI 1.66-2.20, p?<?0.001]. All-cause mortality was 8.6% in patients presenting with and 3.7% in those without severe coronary calcification (HR 2.38, 1.84-3.09; p?<?0.001). Patients with severe coronary calcification incurred higher rate of MI (20.1% vs 11.5%, HR 1.81; 95% CI 1.53-2.1, p?<?0.001) and similar rate of stroke (0.8% vs 0.6%, HR 1.35; 95% CI 0.61-3.02, p?=?0.46). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ACS and severe coronary calcification, as compared to those without, are associated with worse clinical outcomes irrespective of the management strategy.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The role of coronary calcification on clinical outcomes among different revascularization strategies in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has been rarely investigated. The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the role of coronary calcification, detected by coronary angiography, in the whole spectrum of patients presenting with acute ACS. METHODS: The present study was a post hoc analysis of the MATRIX program. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as the composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), or stroke up to 365 days. RESULTS: Among the 8,404 patients randomized in the MATRIX trial, data about coronary calcification was available in 7446 (88.6%) and therefore were included in this post-hoc analysis. Overall, 875 patients (11.7%) presented with severe coronary calcification, while 6,571 patients (88.3%) did not present severe coronary calcification on coronary angiography. Fewer patients with severe coronary calcification underwent percutaneous coronary intervention whereas coronary artery bypass grafting or medical therapy-only was more frequent compared with patients without severe calcification. At 1-year follow-up, MACE occurred in 237 (27.1%) patients with severe calcified coronary lesions and 985 (15%) patients without severe coronary calcified lesions [HR 1.91; 95% CI 1.66-2.20, p?<?0.001]. All-cause mortality was 8.6% in patients presenting with and 3.7% in those without severe coronary calcification (HR 2.38, 1.84-3.09; p?<?0.001). Patients with severe coronary calcification incurred higher rate of MI (20.1% vs 11.5%, HR 1.81; 95% CI 1.53-2.1, p?<?0.001) and similar rate of stroke (0.8% vs 0.6%, HR 1.35; 95% CI 0.61-3.02, p?=?0.46). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ACS and severe coronary calcification, as compared to those without, are associated with worse clinical outcomes irrespective of the management strategy.
KW - Acute coronary syndromes
KW - coronary artery bypass grafting
KW - coronary calcification
KW - medical therapy
KW - percutaneous coronary intervention
U2 - 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad122
DO - 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad122
M3 - Article
SN - 2048-8726
VL - 12
SP - 782
EP - 791
JO - European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
JF - European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
IS - 11
ER -