Introduction: The aim of our study was to assess the incremental value of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) added to classical coronary angiography, for complex characterization of coronary lesions and p...Introduction: The aim of our study was to assess the incremental value of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) added to classical coronary angiography, for complex characterization of coronary lesions and prediction of procedural complexity in patients with significant left main (LM) stenoses. Material and Methods: Thirty-six patients with LM disease were enrolled in the study, and each subject underwent CCTA followed by coronary angiography and percutaneous revascularization. Results: Logistic regression analysis indicated a good correlation between the angiographic-calculated and the CCTA-derived Syntax scores for the whole group (r = 0.87, p < 0.0001) and for the high risk subgroup (r = 0.86, p < 0.0001), but not for the low and intermediate risk (r = 0.38, p = 0.21 and r = 0.62, p = 0.07 respectively). In cases which required complex PCI procedures, both angiographic and CCTA Syntax score were significantly higher than those who did not require complex revascularization procedures (24.5 +/-11.5 vs 32.2 +/-14.6, p = 0.09 for Angio Syntax, 35.3 +/-11.5 vs 25.2 +/-11.3, p = 0.01 for CCTA). In the same time, Ca scoring was significantly higher and plaque volumes were significantly larger in cases requiring complex revascularization procedures (299.5 +/-359.6 vs 917.3 +/-495.4, p = 0.04 for calcium score, 79.7 +/-28.5 vs 108.7 +/-25.3 mm3, p = 0.002 for plaque volumes). Multivariate analysis identified the following CCTA parameters as significant predictors of increased risk for complex intervention in LM lesions: plaque volume (OR 8.00, p = 0.008), Ca scoring (OR 6.37, p = 0.02) and CCTA Syntax score (OR 6.87, p = 0.01). Conclusions: CCTA derived parameters provide incremental information to classical coronary angiography for preoperative assessment of lesion severity in complex left main stenosis. CCTA derived Syntax score significantly correlates with the classical Coronary Angiography Syntax score and identifies the subgroup of patients who will be more exposed to procedural complications during the revascularization interventions.展开更多
We show that,up to isomorphism,there is a unique non-CI connected cubic Cayley graph on the dihedral group of order 2n for each even number n≥4.This answers in the negative the question of Li whether all connected cu...We show that,up to isomorphism,there is a unique non-CI connected cubic Cayley graph on the dihedral group of order 2n for each even number n≥4.This answers in the negative the question of Li whether all connected cubic Cayley graphs are CI-graphs(Discrete Math.,256,301-334(2002)).As an application,a formula is derived for the number of isomorphism classes of connected cubic Cayley graphs on dihedral groups,which generalises the earlier formula of Huang et al.dealing with the particular case when n is a prime(Acta Math.Sin.,Engl.Ser.,33,996-1011(2017)).As another application,a short proof is also given for a result on sparse circulant matrices obtained by Wiedemann and Zieve(arXiv preprint,(2007)).展开更多
A Schur ring over a finite group is said to be decomposable if it is the generalized wreath product of Schur rings over smaller groups. In this paper we establish a sufficient condition for a decomposable Schur ring o...A Schur ring over a finite group is said to be decomposable if it is the generalized wreath product of Schur rings over smaller groups. In this paper we establish a sufficient condition for a decomposable Schur ring over the direct product of elementary abelian groups to be a Ci-Schur ring. By using this condition we offer short proofs for some known results on the CI-property for decomposable Schur rings over an elementary abelian group of rank at most 5.展开更多
文摘Introduction: The aim of our study was to assess the incremental value of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) added to classical coronary angiography, for complex characterization of coronary lesions and prediction of procedural complexity in patients with significant left main (LM) stenoses. Material and Methods: Thirty-six patients with LM disease were enrolled in the study, and each subject underwent CCTA followed by coronary angiography and percutaneous revascularization. Results: Logistic regression analysis indicated a good correlation between the angiographic-calculated and the CCTA-derived Syntax scores for the whole group (r = 0.87, p < 0.0001) and for the high risk subgroup (r = 0.86, p < 0.0001), but not for the low and intermediate risk (r = 0.38, p = 0.21 and r = 0.62, p = 0.07 respectively). In cases which required complex PCI procedures, both angiographic and CCTA Syntax score were significantly higher than those who did not require complex revascularization procedures (24.5 +/-11.5 vs 32.2 +/-14.6, p = 0.09 for Angio Syntax, 35.3 +/-11.5 vs 25.2 +/-11.3, p = 0.01 for CCTA). In the same time, Ca scoring was significantly higher and plaque volumes were significantly larger in cases requiring complex revascularization procedures (299.5 +/-359.6 vs 917.3 +/-495.4, p = 0.04 for calcium score, 79.7 +/-28.5 vs 108.7 +/-25.3 mm3, p = 0.002 for plaque volumes). Multivariate analysis identified the following CCTA parameters as significant predictors of increased risk for complex intervention in LM lesions: plaque volume (OR 8.00, p = 0.008), Ca scoring (OR 6.37, p = 0.02) and CCTA Syntax score (OR 6.87, p = 0.01). Conclusions: CCTA derived parameters provide incremental information to classical coronary angiography for preoperative assessment of lesion severity in complex left main stenosis. CCTA derived Syntax score significantly correlates with the classical Coronary Angiography Syntax score and identifies the subgroup of patients who will be more exposed to procedural complications during the revascularization interventions.
基金Supported by the Slovenian Research Agency (research program P1-0285 and research projects N1-0062,J1-9108,J1-1695,N1-0140,J1-2451,N1-0208 and J1-3001)。
文摘We show that,up to isomorphism,there is a unique non-CI connected cubic Cayley graph on the dihedral group of order 2n for each even number n≥4.This answers in the negative the question of Li whether all connected cubic Cayley graphs are CI-graphs(Discrete Math.,256,301-334(2002)).As an application,a formula is derived for the number of isomorphism classes of connected cubic Cayley graphs on dihedral groups,which generalises the earlier formula of Huang et al.dealing with the particular case when n is a prime(Acta Math.Sin.,Engl.Ser.,33,996-1011(2017)).As another application,a short proof is also given for a result on sparse circulant matrices obtained by Wiedemann and Zieve(arXiv preprint,(2007)).
文摘A Schur ring over a finite group is said to be decomposable if it is the generalized wreath product of Schur rings over smaller groups. In this paper we establish a sufficient condition for a decomposable Schur ring over the direct product of elementary abelian groups to be a Ci-Schur ring. By using this condition we offer short proofs for some known results on the CI-property for decomposable Schur rings over an elementary abelian group of rank at most 5.
