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FFR to Determine Stent Length: When the Play Gets Tough

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Atlas of FFR-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

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This case describes the importance of FFR in determining stent length in diffusely diseased vessels. Furthermore it highlights the importance of FFR in a vessel with a culprit lesion and additional angiographically intermediate lesions.

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Correspondence to Vasileios F. Panoulas MD .

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Panoulas, V.F., Colombo, A. (2016). FFR to Determine Stent Length: When the Play Gets Tough. In: Gori, T., Fineschi, M. (eds) Atlas of FFR-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47116-7_15

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