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The presence of non-obstructive CAD has prognostic impact&#44; and more aggressive preventive measures should be implemented even in individuals at low cardiovascular risk&#46; However&#44; the best approach to adopt&#44; particularly concerning initiation of pharmacological therapy&#44; is still unclear&#46; Furthermore&#44; in patients who are competitive athletes&#44; there is also disagreement concerning the need to advise them to reduce their sporting activities&#46; The best attitude is probably to assess each case individually&#44; according to the type and intensity of the sporting activity&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Ethical disclosures</span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Protection of human and animal subjects</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that the procedures followed were in accordance with the regulations of the relevant clinical research ethics committee and with those of the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association &#40;Declaration of Helsinki&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Confidentiality of data</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have followed the protocols of their work center on the publication of patient data and that all the patients included in the study received sufficient information and gave their written informed consent to participate in the study&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have obtained the written informed consent of the patients or subjects mentioned in the article&#46; 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Non-obstructive coronary artery disease documented by cardiac computed tomography: Discrepancy between atherosclerotic burden and cardiovascular risk
Hélder Doresa,
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, Pedro de Araújo Gonçalvesa,b,c, Maria Salomé Carvalhoa, Pedro Jerónimo Sousaa, Hugo Marquesd, Nuno Cardimb, Ana Aleixoa,c, Miguel Mota Carmoc, Francisco Pereira Machadob, José Roquetteb
a Serviço de Cardiologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal
b Centro Cardiovascular, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal
c Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
d Centro de Imagiologia, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal
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This raises various questions to which there are as yet no conclusive answers&#44; particularly regarding indications for cardiac CT and the management of patients with documented non-obstructive CAD&#44; a patient group that is increasingly encountered in clinical practice and for whom there are no clear guidelines&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The first step in the approach to a patient with suspected CAD should be comprehensive clinical assessment&#44; including calculation of the pretest probability of CAD and estimation of cardiovascular risk&#46; There are numerous scores for this risk stratification&#44; the Diamond and Forrester method and the Morise score being most commonly used for determining pretest probability of CAD&#44; and the HeartScore and Framingham score for cardiovascular events&#46; Our patient had a low probability of CAD and low risk for cardiovascular events on all these scoring methods&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the case presented&#44; 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as well as obstructive disease&#44; is associated with worse prognosis than in those without coronary stenosis&#44; as shown by analysis of the 23 854 patients in the recent multicenter CONFIRM registry&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> The alterations found in this patient &#8211; elevated calcium score and non-obstructive plaques &#8211; will have a negative prognostic impact&#46;</p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The question also arises of what preventive measures to adopt&#46; Atherosclerotic disease is a subclinical manifestation of CAD and can be considered a qualifier&#44; putting a patient at a higher risk level with indication for different preventive measures from those with the same risk profile but without such alterations&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Independently of the patient&#39;s lipid profile&#44; which was favorable in this case with the higher HDL cholesterol often found in athletes&#44; statin therapy can be indicated&#44; as well as standard preventive measures to control cardiovascular risk factors&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;7</span></a> Thus&#44; as well as controlling risk factors by maintaining a healthy lifestyle&#44; the strategy adopted included beginning statin therapy&#44; given the proven reduction in degree of stenosis and plaque volume in patients medicated with statins&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> Another drug class with demonstrated benefits in CAD patients is antiplatelet agents&#59; however&#44; according to the European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention&#44; they should only be prescribed in patients with established CAD or high cardiovascular risk &#40;HeartScore &#62;10&#37;&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> We accordingly decided not to prescribe antiplatelet therapy&#44; especially in the light of the significant adverse effects of these drugs&#44; particularly in someone exposed to the risk of bleeding due to his sports activities&#46;</p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Another important point is whether such an individual should reduce or cease vigorous exercise&#44; particularly in high-level competition&#46; According to the recommendations of the 36th Bethesda Conference&#44; the triathlon requires high levels of both dynamic and static exercise<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a>&#59; the Ironman event demands even higher levels&#46; The Bethesda Conference stated that athletes with CAD at mildly increased cardiovascular risk can participate in low dynamic and low&#47;moderate static competitive sports but should avoid intensely competitive situations&#59; it also recommended thorough evaluation in athletes with a calcium score of more than 100&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> Our patient was accordingly advised to cease participation in high-level competitions and to reduce the intensity of his sporting activity&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Conclusion</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Assessment of cardiovascular risk and of pretest probability are the first steps in the approach to patients with suspected CAD&#46; The presence of non-obstructive CAD has prognostic impact&#44; and more aggressive preventive measures should be implemented even in individuals at low cardiovascular risk&#46; However&#44; the best approach to adopt&#44; particularly concerning initiation of pharmacological therapy&#44; is still unclear&#46; Furthermore&#44; in patients who are competitive athletes&#44; there is also disagreement concerning the need to advise them to reduce their sporting activities&#46; The best attitude is probably to assess each case individually&#44; according to the type and intensity of the sporting activity&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Ethical disclosures</span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Protection of human and animal subjects</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that the procedures followed were in accordance with the regulations of the relevant clinical research ethics committee and with those of the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association &#40;Declaration of Helsinki&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Confidentiality of data</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have followed the protocols of their work center on the publication of patient data and that all the patients included in the study received sufficient information and gave their written informed consent to participate in the study&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have obtained the written informed consent of the patients or subjects mentioned in the article&#46; The corresponding author is in possession of this document&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0060">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare&#46;</p></span></span>"
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