| Literature DB >> 25696519 |
M Michels, H Werner, E Onderwater, W J van der Giessen.
Abstract
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is an important diagnostic tool to guide decision-making in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and for evaluation of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Especially the pressure pullback curve at maximal hyperaemia is convincing in demonstrating the exact location and severity of a coronary stenosis. This pressure pullback curve can also demonstrate the presence of diffuse disease. We present a case in which FFR with pressure pullback curve seven days after a PCI, which did not result in complete symptom relief, indicates the presence of diffuse disease. Based on this result the patient was treated medically.Entities:
Keywords: coronary angioplasty; coronary pressure; fractional-flow reserve
Year: 2005 PMID: 25696519 PMCID: PMC2497269
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neth Heart J ISSN: 1568-5888 Impact factor: 2.380