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3: Coronary Artery Heart Disease: Physiology, Stenosis Assessment, and Percutaneous Interventions

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813270640_0003Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    The following sections are included:

    • Introduction

    • Cardiac Myocardial and Coronary Vascular Physiology

    • Coronary Resistance and Flow

    • Measuring Coronary Blood Flow in Cardiac Catheterization Lab — Resistance to Flow and Pressure Loss Across a Stenosis

    • FFR — Fractional Flow Reserve

    • Use of FFR in Specific Angiographic Subsets

    • Multivessel Disease PCI Results

    • Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) Lesion

    • Multiple Lesions in a Single Vessel

    • PCI for Bifurcation and Jailed Side Branch Lesions

    • CFR (Coronary Flow Reserve) and IMR (Index of Microcirculatory Flow Reserve)

    • Conclusion: FFR-guided PCI

    • References