Microvascular resistance reserve before and after PCI: a serial FFR and [15O] H2O PET study

Microvascular Resistance Reserve (MRR) has recently been introduced as a microvasculature-specific index and hypothesized to be independent of coronary stenosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the change of MRR after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Source: Atherosclerosis - April 24, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Masahiro Hoshino, Ruurt.A. Jukema, Nico Pijls, Roel Hoek, Pieter Raijmakers, Roel Driessen, Pepijn van Diemen, Jos Twisk, Tim van der Hoef, Ibrahim Danad, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Paul Knaapen Source Type: research