Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Collateral Donor Artery Physiology and the Influence of a Chronic Total Occlusion on Fractional Flow Reserve” | Zendy

Andrew Ladwiniec | Zendy; Michael S. Cunnington | Zendy; Jennifer Rossington | Zendy; Adam N Mather | Zendy; Albert Alahmar | Zendy; Richard Oliver | Zendy; Sukhjinder Nijjer | Zendy; Justin E. Davies | Zendy; Simon Thackray | Zendy; Farquad Alamgir | Zendy; Angela Hoye | Zendy

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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Collateral Donor Artery Physiology and the Influence of a Chronic Total Occlusion on Fractional Flow Reserve”

Author(s) -

Andrew Ladwiniec,

Michael S. Cunnington,

Jennifer Rossington,

Adam N Mather,

Albert Alahmar,

Richard Oliver,

Sukhjinder Nijjer,

Justin E. Davies,

Simon Thackray,

Farquad Alamgir,

Angela Hoye

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1941-7632

pISSN - 1941-7640

DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.115.002796

Subject(s) - medicine , fractional flow reserve , collateral , general surgery , cardiology , myocardial infarction , law , coronary angiography , political science

We appreciate the interest and comments from Dr Saito1 on our article.2 It is gratifying that some of the findings of their in vitro work have been borne out by our results. Many of their comments have already been addressed in the article.2 We agree that the mass of collateral dependent myocardium and extent of collateralization are likely to be important factors in the extent of change in donor vessel fractional flow reserve (FFR) …

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