Importance of guiding catheter disengagement during measurement of fractional flow reserve in patients with an isolated proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions2014Vol. 85(4), pp. 595–601
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Adel Aminian, Dariouch Dolatabadi, Pascal Lefèbvre, Georges Khalil, Robert A. Zimmerman, Georges Michalakis, Jacques Lalmand
Abstract
During FFR assessment of isolated intermediate proximal LAD lesions, guiding catheter disengagement is associated with a decrease in mean FFR values. In patients with FFR values lying close to the treatment threshold, this can have an impact on treatment strategy.
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