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Evaluation of computed tomography in patients with atypical angina or chest pain clinically referred for invasive coronary angiography: randomised controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in British Medical Journal, October 2016
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Title
Evaluation of computed tomography in patients with atypical angina or chest pain clinically referred for invasive coronary angiography: randomised controlled trial
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British Medical Journal, October 2016
DOI 10.1136/bmj.i5441
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Authors

Marc Dewey, Matthias Rief, Peter Martus, Benjamin Kendziora, Sarah Feger, Henryk Dreger, Sascha Priem, Fabian Knebel, Marko Böhm, Peter Schlattmann, Bernd Hamm, Eva Schönenberger, Michael Laule, Elke Zimmermann

Abstract

 To evaluate whether invasive coronary angiography or computed tomography (CT) should be performed in patients clinically referred for coronary angiography with an intermediate probability of coronary artery disease.  Prospective randomised single centre trial.  University hospital in Germany.  340 patients with suspected coronary artery disease and a clinical indication for coronary angiography on the basis of atypical angina or chest pain.  168 patients were randomised to CT and 172 to coronary angiography. After randomisation one patient declined CT and 10 patients declined coronary angiography, leaving 167 patients (88 women) and 162 patients (78 women) for analysis. Allocation could not be blinded, but blinded independent investigators assessed outcomes.  The primary outcome measure was major procedural complications within 48 hours of the last procedure related to CT or angiography.  Cardiac CT reduced the need for coronary angiography from 100% to 14% (95% confidence interval 9% to 20%, P<0.001) and was associated with a significantly greater diagnostic yield from coronary angiography: 75% (53% to 90%) v 15% (10% to 22%), P<0.001. Major procedural complications were uncommon (0.3%) and similar across groups. Minor procedural complications were less common in the CT group than in the coronary angiography group: 3.6% (1% to 8%) v 10.5% (6% to 16%), P=0.014. CT shortened the median length of stay in the angiography group from 52.9 hours (interquartile range 49.5-76.4 hours) to 30.0 hours (3.5-77.3 hours, P<0.001). Overall median exposure to radiation was similar between the CT and angiography groups: 5.0 mSv (interquartile range 4.2-8.7 mSv) v 6.4 mSv (3.4-10.7 mSv), P=0.45. After a median follow-up of 3.3 years, major adverse cardiovascular events had occurred in seven of 167 patients in the CT group (4.2%) and six of 162 (3.7%) in the coronary angiography group (adjusted hazard ratio 0.90, 95% confidence interval 0.30 to 2.69, P=0.86). 79% of patients stated that they would prefer CT for subsequent testing. The study was conducted at a University hospital in Germany and thus the performance of CT may be different in routine clinical practice. The prevalence was lower than expected, resulting in an underpowered study for the predefined primary outcome.  CT increased the diagnostic yield and was a safe gatekeeper for coronary angiography with no increase in long term events. The length of stay was shortened by 22.9 hours with CT, and patients preferred non-invasive testing.Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00844220.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Czechia 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 129 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 20 15%
Other 13 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 9%
Researcher 9 7%
Student > Bachelor 8 6%
Other 27 21%
Unknown 42 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 60 46%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 3%
Engineering 4 3%
Computer Science 3 2%
Environmental Science 1 <1%
Other 4 3%
Unknown 55 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 117. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 March 2024.
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