Comparing stress testing and fractional flow reserve to evaluate presence, location and extent of ischemia in coronary artery disease

Comparing stress testing and fractional flow reserve to evaluate presence, location and extent of ischemia in coronary artery disease

Background: FFR provides an accurate and reproducible assessment of the functional severity of coronary stenosis. Whereas stress testing remains the preferred initial modality for assessment of ischemia, there is limited data comparing it with FFR. We sought to determine the correlation between card...

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Main Authors: Deepak J. Pattanshetty, Pradeep K. Bhat, Sanjay Gandhi, Dilip P. Pillai, Ashish Aneja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
Subjects:
Fraction flow reserve
Cardiac stress test
Coronary artery disease
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