Five-Year Outcomes with PCI Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve

Xaplanteris, Panagiotis; Fournier, Stéphane; H.J. Pijls, Nico; F. Fearon, William; Barbato, Emanuele; A.L. Tonino, Pim; Engstrøm, Thomas; Kääb, Stefan; Dambrink, Jan–Henk; Rioufol, Gilles; G. Tóth, Gábor; Piróth, Zsolt; Witt, Nils; Fröbert, Ole; Kala, Petr; Linke, Axel; Jagic, Nicola; Mates, Martin; Mavromatis, Kreton; Samady, Habib; Irimpen, Anand; G. Oldroyd, Keith; Campo, Gianluca; Rothenbühler, Martina; Jüni, Peter; De Bruyne, Bernard

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1803538

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Five-Year Outcomes with PCI Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • May 22, 2018

Authors:

Panagiotis Xaplanteris

Stéphane Fournier

Nico H.J. Pijls

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) would be superior to medical therapy as initial treatment in patients with stable coronary artery disease. METHODS: Among 1220 patients with angiographically significant stenoses, those in ...

Subject

Fractional flow reserve

Conventional PCI

Cardiology

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