Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: From Deferral to Risk Stratification

Eric Van Belle; Alessandro Cosenza; Luis Raposo; Sina Porouchani; Sergio Bravo Baptista

doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2020.03.017

Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: From Deferral to Risk Stratification

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Apr 27;13(8):962-964. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.03.017.

Authors

Eric Van Belle¹, Alessandro Cosenza², Luis Raposo³, Sina Porouchani², Sergio Bravo Baptista⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology for Coronary, Valves and Structural Heart Diseases, Institut Coeur Poumon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; Inserm, U1011, Institut pasteur de Lille, EGID, Lille, France; Department of Medicine, Université de Lille, Lille, France. Electronic address: ericvanbelle@aol.com.
² Department of Interventional Cardiology for Coronary, Valves and Structural Heart Diseases, Institut Coeur Poumon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.
³ Cardiology Department, Santa Cruz Hospital - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal.
⁴ University Clinic of Cardiology - Faculty of Medicine at University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; Cardiology Department, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal.

PMID: 32327092
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.03.017

No abstract available

Keywords: Instantaneous wave-free ratio; coronary angiography; coronary artery disease; coronary physiology; deferral of revascularization; fractional flow reserve; percutaneous coronary intervention; reclassification of revascularization; risk stratification.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Stenosis*
Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial*
Humans
Risk Assessment
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction*
Treatment Outcome