Use of fractional flow reserve in the treatment of a calcific bifurcation left anterior descending coronary stenosis with rotational atherectomy

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2001 May;53(1):64-7. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1131.

Abstract

We report the results of an intervention in a high-risk surgical patient undergoing rotational atherectomy in a bifurcating lesion. The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) was especially helpful due to the inability to visualize clearly the angiographic anatomy both before and following intervention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Atherectomy, Coronary*
  • Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
  • Calcinosis / surgery*
  • Cardiomyopathies / surgery*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male