Use of the Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio or Fractional Flow Reserve in PCI
Author(s) -
Justin E. Davies,
Sayan Sen,
HakimMoulay Dehbi,
Rasha AlLamee,
Ricardo Petraco,
Sukhjinder Nijjer,
Ravinay Bhindi,
Sam J. Lehman,
D. Walters,
James Sapontis,
Luc Janssens,
Christiaan Vrints,
Ahmed Khashaba,
Mika Laine,
Éric Van Belle,
Florian Krackhardt,
Waldemar Bojara,
Olaf Göing,
Tobias Härle,
Ciro Indolfi,
Giampaolo Niccoli,
Flavo Ribichini,
Nobuhiro Tanaka,
Hiroyoshi Yokoi,
Hiroaki Takashima,
Yuetsu Kikuta,
Andrejs Ērglis,
Hugo Vinhas,
Pedro Canas Silva,
Sérgio Bravo Baptista,
Ali Alghamdi,
Farrel Hellig,
Bon–Kwon Koo,
ChangWook Nam,
EunSeok Shin,
JoonHyung Doh,
Salvatore Brugaletta,
Eduardo AlegríaBarrero,
Martijin Meuwissen,
Jan J. Piek,
Niels van Royen,
Murat Sezer,
Carlo Di Mario,
Robert Gerber,
Iqbal Malik,
Andrew S.P. Sharp,
Suneel Talwar,
Kare Tang,
Habib Samady,
John D. Altman,
Arnold H. Seto,
Jasvindar Singh,
Allen Jeremias,
Hitoshi Matsuo,
Rajesh Kharbanda,
Manesh R. Patel,
Patrick W. Serruys,
Javier Escaned
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1700445
Subject(s) - fractional flow reserve , conventional pci , revascularization , cardiology , medicine , coronary angiography , flow (mathematics) , measure (data warehouse) , mathematics , computer science , myocardial infarction , data mining , geometry
Coronary revascularization guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) is associated with better patient outcomes after the procedure than revascularization guided by angiography alone. It is unknown whether the instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR), an alternative measure that does not require the administration of adenosine, will offer benefits similar to those of FFR.
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