Impact of age on coronary artery plaque progression and clinical outcome: A PARADIGM substudy

Minkwan Kim; Seung Pyo Lee; Soongu Kwak; Seokhun Yang; Yong Jin Kim; Daniele Andreini; Mouaz H. Al-Mallah; Matthew J. Budoff; Filippo Cademartiri; Kavitha Chinnaiyan; Jung Hyun Choi; Edoardo Conte; Hugo Marques; Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves; Ilan Gottlieb; Martin Hadamitzky; Jonathon A. Leipsic; Erica Maffei; Gianluca Pontone; Gilbert L. Raff; Sanghoon Shin; Byoung Kwon Lee; Eun Ju Chun; Ji Min Sung; Sang Eun Lee; Daniel S. Berman; Fay Y. Lin; Renu Virmani; Habib Samady; Peter H. Stone; Jagat Narula; Jeroen J. Bax; Leslee J. Shaw; James K. Min; Hyuk Jae Chang

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2020.09.009

Impact of age on coronary artery plaque progression and clinical outcome: A PARADIGM substudy

Minkwan Kim, Seung Pyo Lee, Soongu Kwak, Seokhun Yang, Yong Jin Kim, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Matthew J. Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Jung Hyun Choi, Edoardo Conte, Hugo Marques, Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves, Ilan Gottlieb, Martin Hadamitzky, Jonathon A. Leipsic, Erica Maffei, Gianluca Pontone, Gilbert L. RaffSanghoon Shin, Byoung Kwon Lee, Eun Ju Chun, Ji Min Sung, Sang Eun Lee, Daniel S. Berman, Fay Y. Lin, Renu Virmani, Habib Samady, Peter H. Stone, Jagat Narula, Jeroen J. Bax, Leslee J. Shaw, James K. Min, Hyuk Jae Chang

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BACKGROUND: The association of age with coronary plaque dynamics is not well characterized by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA).

METHODS: From a multinational registry of patients who underwent serial CCTA, 1153 subjects (61 ± 5 years old, 61.1% male) were analyzed. Annualized volume changes of total, fibrous, fibrofatty, necrotic core, and dense calcification plaque components of the whole heart were compared by age quartile groups. Clinical events, a composite of all-cause death, acute coronary syndrome, and any revascularization after 30 days of the initial CCTA, were also analyzed. Random forest analysis was used to define the relative importance of age on plaque progression.

RESULTS: With a 3.3-years' median interval between the two CCTA, the median annual volume changes of total plaque in each age quartile group was 7.8, 10.5, 10.8, and 12.1 mm 3/year and for dense calcification, 2.5, 4.6, 5.4, and 7.1 mm 3/year, both of which demonstrated a tendency to increase by age (p-for-trend = 0.001 and < 0.001, respectively). However, this tendency was not observed in any other plaque components. The annual volume changes of total plaque and dense calcification were also significantly different in the propensity score-matched lowest age quartile group versus the other age groups as was the composite clinical event (log-rank p = 0.003). In random forest analysis, age had comparable importance in the total plaque volume progression as other traditional factors.

CONCLUSIONS: The rate of whole-heart plaque progression and dense calcification increases depending on age. Age is a significant factor in plaque growth, the importance of which is comparable to other traditional risk factors.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifiers: NCT02803411.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	232-239
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2020.09.009
State	Published - May 1 2021

Keywords

Aging
Computed tomography
Coronary artery disease
Disease progression
atherosclerotic plaque
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Age Factors
Risk Assessment
Humans
Middle Aged
Male
Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Computed Tomography Angiography
Disease Progression
Coronary Artery Disease/diagnostic imaging
Vascular Calcification/diagnostic imaging
Adult
Female
Registries
Aged
Heart Disease Risk Factors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Kim, M., Lee, S. P., Kwak, S., Yang, S., Kim, Y. J., Andreini, D., Al-Mallah, M. H., Budoff, M. J., Cademartiri, F., Chinnaiyan, K., Choi, J. H., Conte, E., Marques, H., de Araújo Gonçalves, P., Gottlieb, I., Hadamitzky, M., Leipsic, J. A., Maffei, E., Pontone, G., ... Chang, H. J. (2021). Impact of age on coronary artery plaque progression and clinical outcome: A PARADIGM substudy. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography, 15(3), 232-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2020.09.009

Kim, M, Lee, SP, Kwak, S, Yang, S, Kim, YJ, Andreini, D, Al-Mallah, MH, Budoff, MJ, Cademartiri, F, Chinnaiyan, K, Choi, JH, Conte, E, Marques, H, de Araújo Gonçalves, P, Gottlieb, I, Hadamitzky, M, Leipsic, JA, Maffei, E, Pontone, G, Raff, GL, Shin, S, Lee, BK, Chun, EJ, Sung, JM, Lee, SE, Berman, DS, Lin, FY, Virmani, R, Samady, H, Stone, PH, Narula, J, Bax, JJ, Shaw, LJ, Min, JK & Chang, HJ 2021, 'Impact of age on coronary artery plaque progression and clinical outcome: A PARADIGM substudy', Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 232-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2020.09.009

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