Value of fractional flow reserve in making decisions about bypass surgery for equivocal left main coronary artery disease

Value of fractional flow reserve in making decisions about bypass surgery for equivocal left main coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of coronary pressure derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements in supporting decisions about medical or surgical treatment in patients with angiographically equivocal left main coronary artery stenosis. DESIGN A two centre prospective single cohort follow...

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Veröffentlicht in:British heart journal 2001-11, Vol.86 (5), p.547-552
Hauptverfasser: Bech, G J W, Droste, H, Pijls, N H J, De Bruyne, B, Bonnier, J J R M, Michels, H R, Peels, K H, Koolen, J J
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Aged
Angioplasty
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - methods
Arteries
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure - physiology
Cardiovascular disease
Catheters
Cohort Studies
Coronary arteries
Coronary Artery Bypass
coronary artery disease
Coronary Circulation - physiology
Coronary Stenosis - physiopathology
Coronary Stenosis - surgery
Coronary vessels
Decision Making
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Follow-Up Studies
fractional flow reserve
Heart attacks
Heart surgery
Humans
Interventional Cardiology Surgery
left main coronary artery
Male
Medical imaging
Medical prognosis
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Patients
Physiology
Preoperative Care - methods
Stenosis
Stents
Substance abuse treatment
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of coronary pressure derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements in supporting decisions about medical or surgical treatment in patients with angiographically equivocal left main coronary artery stenosis. DESIGN A two centre prospective single cohort follow up study. INTERVENTIONS FFR of the left main coronary artery was determined in 54 consecutive patients with angiographically equivocal left main coronary artery disease. If FFR was ⩾ 0.75, medical treatment was chosen; if FFR was
ISSN:1355-6037
0007-0769
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/heart.86.5.547