The effect of hydrostatic pressure on invasive coronary pressure measurements: Comparison with [ 15 O]H 2 O-positron emission tomography flow data.
Adriaan WilgenhofRuurt A JukemaRoel S DriessenIbrahim DanadPieter G RaijmakersNiels van RoyenLokien X van NunenCarlos ColletGuus A de WaardPaul KnaapenPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2024)
Hydrostatic pressure has a small but clinically relevant influence on FFR measurements obtained with a pressure wire. Correcting for this hydrostatic error significantly enhances the correlation between FFR and PET-derived RFR.