Intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency signal analysis of blood speckles: Physiological assessment of intermediate coronary artery stenosis.

Kozo OkadaKiyoshi HibiKensuke MatsushitaHiroyuki YagamiKouichi TamuraYasuhiro HondaKazuo Kimura

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)

This study supports the potential utility of RF-IVUS analysis of blood signals to estimate functional ischemia, demonstrating relationships of blood ΔIB values to FFR and iFR, as well as relationships between blood IB values and flow velocity.

Keyphrases

coronary artery
magnetic resonance imaging
pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
blood flow