State of the art paper Comprehensive assessment of coronary fractional flow reserve
| Autor: | Changqing Yang, Wanrong Ma, Deqiu Zhu, Guoxin Fan, Xiaolong Qi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Functional evaluation business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Gold standard General Medicine Fractional flow reserve medicine.disease Revascularization Coronary revascularization Coronary artery disease Stenosis Internal medicine medicine Cardiology In patient business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Medical Science. 3:483-493 |
| ISSN: | 1734-1922 |
| Popis: | Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is considered nowadays as the gold standard for invasive assessment of physiologic stenosis significance and an indispensable tool for decision-making in coronary revascularization. Robust studies have shown that FFR is more effective in accurately identifying which lesions should be stented, and revascularization guided by FFR improves the outcome of coronary artery disease in patients. Therefore, FFR has been upgraded to a class A recommendation in current guidelines when the ischemic potential for specific target lesions is controversial. This article reviews the laboratory practice, functional evaluation of FFR as a gold standard and its emerging clinical application. In addition, novel noninvasive technologies of FFR measurement are discussed in depth. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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