Coronary Artery Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
The overall question the investigators would like to help answer is whether SE with or without MCE data can be widely used as a first line investigation in women with no previous history of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) who present with chest pain of recent onset. In order to answer this question the investigators will look at the following: i) Is SE superior to ExECG in terms of cost to diagnosis and negative predictive value of CAD? ii) What is the additive value of myocardial perfusion data to wall motion data for predicting significant CAD on angiography and future cardiac events in women? iii) What is the additive value of Carotid ultrasonography in a large population of women referred for stress testing?
Detailed description
The investigators plan to perform a prospective study on all women seen in our RACPC with no previous history of CAD and intermediate pre-test probability of CAD as determined by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, who require a functional test as part of their assessment. All patients that meet the inclusion criteria and do not meet any of the exclusion criteria will be approached for consent to the study. Patients who can perform greater than 5 metabolic equivalents (METS) on the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) questionaire will be randomised between undergoing an Exercise ECG (Ex-ECG) or Exercise Stress Echo (ESE). The DASI is a 12-item questionnaire that estimates self-reported physical work capacity and is converted to an estimate of peak metabolic equivalents. Patients who do not meet this criteria, will undergo a pharmacological stress echocardiogram using Dobutamine (DSE), including Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography (MCE). Investigations will continue to be performed as per standard clinical departmental protocols as described below. In addition, all patients will undergo carotid ultrasonography. The techniques used are described for completeness as they are all well-established in clinical practice.
Interventions
PROCEDUREExercise ECG
PROCEDUREStress Echocardiography
Sponsors
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 30 years and above * No previous history of Coronary Artery Disease * Chest pain of presumed cardiac origin, which has occurred in the last month prior to the clinic appointment.
Exclusion criteria
* Electrocardiogram diagnostic of cardiac ischaemia and/or infarction (ST-segment deviations\>0.5mm, or T-wave inversion). * Previous history of Coronary Artery Disease * Chest pain in the last 24 hours * Inability to provide informed consent * Pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comparison of Positive Predictive Value of each test for Coronary artery disease detection | 2 years | To compare positive predictive value of each test for the detection of obstructive CAD defined as ≥ 70% luminal diameter narrowing in one or more epicardial coronary arteries or their major branches during invasive coronary arteriography |
| To compare the use of Downstream resource utilisation following allocated functional tests | 2 years | Comparison between the number of follow-up investigations, clinic visits and hospitalisation for patients in the 2 test groups. |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed