Does routine pressure wire assessment influence management strategy at coronary angiography for diagnosis of chest pain? The RIPCORD Study

Does routine pressure wire assessment influence management strategy at coronary angiography for diagnosis of chest pain? The RIPCORD Study

Background - The use of coronary angiography (CA) for diagnosis and management of chest pain (CP) has several flaws. The assessment of coronary artery disease using fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a well-validated technique for describing lesion-level ischemia and improves clinical outcome in the c...

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Main Authors: Curzen, Nick (Author), Rana, Omar (Author), Nicholas, Zoe (Author), Golledge, Peter (Author), Zaman, Azfar (Author), Oldroyd, Keith (Author), Hanratty, Colm (Author), Banning, Adrian (Author), Wheatcroft, Stephen (Author), Hobson, Alex (Author), Chitkara, Kam (Author), Hildick-Smith, David (Author), McKenzie, Dan (Author), Calver, Alison (Author), Dimitrov, Borislav D. (Author), Corbett, Simon (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014.
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