The relationship between coronary artery distensibility and fractional flow reserve.

Discordance between angiography-based anatomical assessment of coronary stenosis severity and fractional flow reserve (FFR) has been attributed to several factors including lesion length and irregularity, and the myocardial territory supplied by the target vessel. We sought to examine if coronary ar...

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Main Authors: Andy S C Yong, Ashkan Javadzadegan, William F Fearon, Abouzar Moshfegh, Jerrett K Lau, Stephen Nicholls, Martin K C Ng, Leonard Kritharides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5526528?pdf=render