Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI for Stable Coronary Artery Disease

De Bruyne, Bernard; F. Fearon, William; H.J. Pijls, Nico; Barbato, Emanuele; A.L. Tonino, Pim; Piróth, Zsolt; Jagić, Nikola; Mobius-Winckler, Sven; Rioufol, Gilles; Witt, Nils; Kala, Petr; MacCarthy, Philip; Engström, Thomas; G. Oldroyd, Keith; Mavromatis, Kreton; Manoharan, Ganesh; VerLee, Peter; Fröbert, Ole; Curzen, Nick; B. Johnson, Jane; Limacher, Andreas; Nüesch, Eveline; Jüni, Peter

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1408758

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Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI for Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 1, 2014

Authors:

Bernard De Bruyne

William F. Fearon

Nico H.J. Pijls

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that in patients with stable coronary artery disease and stenosis, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performed on the basis of the fractional flow reserve (FFR) would be superior to medical therapy. METHODS: In 1220 patients with stable coronary artery disease, we ...

Subject

Fractional flow reserve

Conventional PCI

Cardiology

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