Fractional Flow Reserve

The Impact of Plaque Rupture on Mismatch Between Intravascular Ultrasound Minimal Lumen Area and Fractional Flow Reserve Measured in an Angiographically Borderline Left Main With Complex Left Anterior Descending Involvement

03/27/2019

Michał Świerczewski¹; Zuzanna Sala¹; Michał Gwidon Markiewicz, MD²; Gary S. Mintz, MD³; Łukasz Kalińczuk, MD³

Michał Świerczewski1; Zuzanna Sala1;...

Plaque rupture is known to affect the mismatch between anatomy and physiology. In this case, we relied on fractional flow reserve along with the tomographic perspective of intravascular ultrasound.

Plaque rupture is known to...

03/27/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Rupture of a Non-Obstructive Plaque

03/30/2018

Mohamad Amer Alaiti, MD; Anas Fares, MD; Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD

Mohamad Amer Alaiti, MD; Anas Fares,...

This invasive and non-invasive imaging series represents a classic rupture of a non-obstructive plaque with thin-cap fibroatheroma.

This invasive and non-invasive...

03/30/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Long-Term Patient-Related and Lesion-Related Outcomes After Real-World Fractional Flow Reserve Use

09/02/2015

Joon-Hyung Doh, MD, PhD^1*; Chang-Wook Nam, MD, PhD^2*; Bon-Kwon Koo, MD, PhD³; Sang Hyun Park, MD⁴; Ju-Hee Lee, MD⁵; Jung-Kyu Han, MD, PhD³; Hyoung-Mo Yang, MD³; Hong-Seok Lim, MD, PhD⁶; Myeong-Ho Yoon, MD, PhD⁶; Yun-Kyeong Cho, MD, PhD²; Seung-Ho Hur, MD, PhD²; Sung Yun Lee, MD, PhD¹; Hyo-Soo Kim, MD, PhD³; Seung-Jea Tahk, MD, PhD⁶

Joon-Hyung Doh, MD, PhD1*; Chang-Woo...

Long-term clinical outcomes of real-world use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) have not been fully evaluated in the era of DES implantation. FFR-measured lesions (n = 1628) were divided according to treatment strategy selected after FFR...

Long-term clinical outcomes of...

09/02/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

A Novel Simple Technique Using Hyperemia to Enhance Pressure Gradient Measurement of the Lower Extremity During Peripheral Intervention

08/29/2015

Issam Koleilat, MD; Bruce Gray, MD

Greenville Health System, Greenville, South Carolina

Issam Koleilat, MD; Bruce Gray, MD ...

Pressure-wire gradient detection with and without provocative hyperemia testing using this novel approach may prove to be a useful adjunct in the diagnosis and treatment of lower-extremity occlusive disease.

Pressure-wire gradient detection...

08/29/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Commentary

What Was, What Is, and What Will Be!

07/30/2015

Gerald Dorros, MD, ScD

Dr Dorros warns that in the current health-care climate, cardiologists face the danger of becoming mere technocrats, employed and dictated to by health-care executives, whose main focus is the financial bottom line. Cardiologists must remain...

Dr Dorros warns that in the...

07/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Clinical Relevance of Poststent Fractional Flow Reserve After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

07/30/2015

Joon-Hyung Doh, MD, PhD^1,2; Chang-Wook Nam, MD, PhD³; Bon-Kwon Koo, MD, PhD⁴; Sung Yun Lee, MD, PhD¹; Hyunmin Choi, MD¹; June Namgung, MD, PhD¹; Sung Uk Kwon, MD, PhD¹; Jae-Jin Kwak, MD¹; Hyung-Yoon Kim, MD¹; Won-Ho Choi, MD¹; Won Ro Lee, MD, PhD¹

Joon-Hyung Doh, MD, PhD1,2; Chang-Wo...

The prognostic value of poststent fractional flow reserve (FFR) has not been clearly defined in patients with DES implantation. This study evaluates the association between FFR and clinical outcomes after DES implantation with IVUS...

The prognostic value of...

07/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Plaque Composition and Dynamics

Correlation Between OCT-Derived Intrastent Dimensions and Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements After Coronary Stent Implantation and Impact on Clinical Outcome

04/29/2015

Sebastian Reith, MD¹; Simone Battermann¹; Martin Hellmich, PhD²; Nikolaus Marx, MD¹; Mathias Burgmaier, MD¹

Sebastian Reith, MD1; Simone Batterm...

This study investigates the relationship of OCT-derived intrastent lumen dimensions and FFR-derived hemodynamic relevance immediately after stent implantation and evaluates the clinical impact of these parameters at follow-up. Post-stenting...

This study investigates the...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of the Novel Vasodilator Uridine Triphosphate and Adenosine for the Measurement of Fractional Flow Reserve

09/27/2014

Jacob Sivertsen¹; Jan Jensen¹, S√∏ren Galatius¹; Jakob Rauns√∏¹; Jaya Rosenmeier, MD, PhD²

Jacob Sivertsen1; Jan Jensen1, S√∏r...

Our aim was to examine fractional flow reserve responses of intravenous adenosine with increasing doses of intracoronary (IC) adenosine versus IC uridine triphosphate in patients with coronary artery disease.

Our aim was to examine...

09/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology