Noninvasive estimation of Fraction Flow Reserve (FFR): The first real-time FFRangio™ application in Greece

Panteleimon E Papakonstantinou; Ifigeneia Apostolou; Lefteris Papathanasiou; Panagiotis Papagikas; Michalis Hamilos; Constantina Aggeli; Anastasios Spanos; Anastasios Milkas

doi:10.1016/j.hjc.2019.02.006

Noninvasive estimation of Fraction Flow Reserve (FFR): The first real-time FFRangio™ application in Greece

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2019 Sep-Oct;60(5):324-326. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.02.006. Epub 2019 Mar 8.

Authors

Panteleimon E Papakonstantinou¹, Ifigeneia Apostolou¹, Lefteris Papathanasiou¹, Panagiotis Papagikas¹, Michalis Hamilos², Constantina Aggeli³, Anastasios Spanos⁴, Anastasios Milkas⁵

Affiliations

¹ Acute Cardiac Care Unit, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Deinokratous 70, 11521 Athens, Attiki, Greece.
² Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71110 Voutes, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
³ 1(st) Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, 114 Vas. Sofias, 11527, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Deinokratous 70, 11521 Athens, Attiki, Greece.
⁵ Acute Cardiac Care Unit, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Deinokratous 70, 11521 Athens, Attiki, Greece. Electronic address: tmhlkas@otenet.gr.

PMID: 30853607
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.02.006

Abstract

We report the first case of real-time FFRangio™ application in Greece applied in a patient with tandem lesions in the proximal segment of the left anterior descendent artery.

Keywords: FFR; FFRangio™; Fraction Flow Reserve; coronary artery; stable coronary disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
Coronary Angiography / methods*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Stenosis / pathology
Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial / physiology*
Humans
Male
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / methods
Severity of Illness Index
Stents
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods