Identification of anatomic risk factors for acute coronary events by optical coherence tomography in patients with myocardial infarction and residual nonflow limiting lesions: rationale and design of the PECTUS-obs study

Introduction In patients with myocardial infarction, the decision to treat a nonculprit lesion is generally based on its physiological significance. However, deferral of revascularisation based on nonischaemic fractional flow reserve (FFR) values in these patients results in less favourable outcomes...

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Main Authors: Peep Laanmets, Martijn Meuwissen, Niels van Royen, Robert-Jan van Geuns, Cyril Camaro, Steven Teerenstra, Saman Rasoul, Erik Lipsic, Rohit M Oemrawsingh, Peter Damman, Jan-Quinten Mol, Anouar Belkacemi, Rick HJA Volleberg, Alexey V Protopopov, Oleg V Krestyaninov, Robert Dennert, Jan-Peter van Kuijk, Karin Arkenbout, Dirk J van der Heijden, Maarten AH van Leeuwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7/e048994.full