Is Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio a New Standard of Care for Physiologic Assessment of Coronary Lesions? More Questions Than Answers

Circulation. 2017 Dec 12;136(24):2295-2297. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029567.

Authors

Morton J Kern¹, Arnold H Seto²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Medicine (M.J.K.) and Cardiology (A.H.S.), Veterans Administration Long Beach Health Care System, University of California, Irvine. mortonkern2007@gmail.com.
² Departments of Medicine (M.J.K.) and Cardiology (A.H.S.), Veterans Administration Long Beach Health Care System, University of California, Irvine.

PMID: 29229617
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029567

No abstract available

Keywords: FFR; coronary hemodynamics; iFR.

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial*
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Reproducibility of Results