Changes in Index of Microcirculatory Resistance during PCI in the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery in Relation to Total Length of Implanted Stents.
Christina EkenbäckFadi JokhajiNikolaos Östlund-PapadogeorgosHabib Mir-AkbariRikard LinderNils WittMattias TörnerudBassem SamadJonas PerssonPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2019)
Changes in IMR during PCI in the LAD in stable CAD seem to be related to total length of stents implanted, possibly influencing post-PCI FFR. Larger studies are needed to confirm the relationship.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- antiplatelet therapy
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- atrial fibrillation
- pulmonary artery
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- case control
- drug induced