PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF SIDE-HOLES AND GUIDE CATHETER DISENGAGEMENT FROM THE CORONARY OSTIUM ON FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE MEASUREMENTS

Krishna Patel,Georgios E. Christakopoulos,Aris Karatasakis,Barbara Anna Danek,Phuong-Khanh Nguyen-Trong,Suwetha Amsavelu,Jeffrey Stetler,Bavana V. Rangan,Michele Roesle,Shuaib Abdullah,Tayo Addo,Subhash Banerjee,Emmanouil S. Brilakis

PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF SIDE-HOLES AND GUIDE CATHETER DISENGAGEMENT FROM THE CORONARY OSTIUM ON FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE MEASUREMENTS

2016

Krishna Patel
Georgios E. Christakopoulos
Aris Karatasakis
Barbara Anna Danek
Phuong-Khanh Nguyen-Trong
Suwetha Amsavelu
Jeffrey Stetler
Bavana V. Rangan
Michele Roesle
Shuaib Abdullah
Tayo Addo
Subhash Banerjee
Emmanouil S. Brilakis

We prospectively examined the impact of side-holes and guide catheter disengagement on fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements. Twenty-five patients undergoing clinically-indicated FFR measurement for intermediate coronary artery stenosis were enrolled. Four FFR measurements were made in random

Keywords:

Disengagement theory
Fractional flow reserve
Ostium
Radiology
Catheter
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
coronary ostium
Surgery
guide catheter
prospective evaluation

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