Open AccessInstantaneous Wave-Free Ratio Measurement During Intracranial Submaximal Angioplasty: Case Series and 2-Dimensional Operative Video
Author(s) -
Kunal Vakharia,
Muhammad Waqas,
Najya Fayyaz,
Amanda Young,
Elad I. Levy,
Jason M Davies,
Adnan H. Siddiqui
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
operative neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2332-4260
pISSN - 2332-4252
DOI - 10.1093/ons/opaa058
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , stenosis , balloon , modified rankin scale , radiology , fluoroscopy , surgery , cardiology , ischemia , ischemic stroke
Instantaneous wave-free ratios (iFRs) are functional measures of arterial stenosis that have become essential to interventional cardiology procedures. Their use for intracranial submaximal angioplasty (angioplasty with an undersized balloon) has not been studied extensively.