Assessment of coronary microcirculation during cardiac catheterization.

Assessment of coronary microcirculation during cardiac catheterization. Curr Pharm Des. 2018 Jul 01;: Authors: Kedev S, Vasilev I Abstract Functional tests used in the catheterization laboratory have emerged as a very important adjunctive tool to coronary angiography that can identify patients with myocardial blood flow impairment. Fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement is highly recommended for detection of ischemia-related coronary lesion(s) when objective evidence of vessel-related ischemia is not available. Recently, much simpler instantaneous wave free ratio (iFR) was proposed as an alternative to FFR without requirement for administration of vasodilators. More user friendly techniques like iFR might further contribute toward value based care in coronary interventions. PMID: 29962334 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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