Coronary physiological assessment combining fractional flow reserve and index of microcirculatory resistance in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention with grey zone fractional flow reserve.
Takayuki NiidaTadashi MuraiTaishi YonetsuYoshihisa KanajiEisuke UsuiJunji MatsudaMasahiro HoshinoMakoto ArakiMasao YamaguchiMasahiro HadaSadamitsu IchijyoRikuta HamayaYoshinori KannoMitsuaki IsobeTsunekazu KakutaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)
Worsening of physiological indices after PCI was not uncommon in territories showing grey-zone FFR. Physiological assessment combining FFR and IMR may help identify patients who may benefit by PCI, particularly those in the grey zone.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- patients undergoing
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- white matter
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery
- multiple sclerosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- left ventricular