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Fractional Flow Reserve to Distinguish Significant Stenosis: Use at Diagnostic Catherization

Cut-off values to detect reversible ischemia

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The ultimate goal of every diagnostic method should be to facilitate clinical decision-making and to enable evaluation of the results of therapeutic interventions. This is especially true with respect to physiologic investigations in the catheterization laboratory. A number of studies establishing the value of coronary pressure measurement and FFR to distinguish between functionally significant and non-significant stenoses, is presented in this chapter.

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Pijls, N.H.J., De Bruyne, B. (2000). Fractional Flow Reserve to Distinguish Significant Stenosis: Use at Diagnostic Catherization. In: Coronary Pressure. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 195. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9564-3_11

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