Global Coronary Flow Reserve Is Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Events Independently of Luminal Angiographic Severity and Modifies the Effect of Early Revascularization
Author(s) -
Viviany R. Taqueti,
Rory Hachamovitch,
Venkatesh L. Murthy,
Masanao Naya,
Courtney Foster,
Jon Hainer,
Sharmila Dorbala,
Ron Blankstein,
Marcelo F. Di Carli
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.011939
Subject(s) - medicine , revascularization , cardiology , fractional flow reserve , adverse effect , coronary flow reserve , coronary artery disease , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Coronary flow reserve (CFR), an integrated measure of focal, diffuse, and small-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD), identifies patients at risk for cardiac death. We sought to determine the association between CFR, angiographic CAD, and cardiovascular outcomes.
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