Quantitative flow ratio vs. angiography-only guided PCI in STEMI patients: one-year cardiovascular outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary physiology-guided PCIs are recommended worldwide. However, invasive coronary physiology methods prolong the procedure, create additional risks for the patients, and prolong the fluoroscopy time for an interventional cardiologist. Otherwise, there is a noninvasive coronary physiology evaluation method, QFR, that can be safely used even in STEMI patients.

Methods

A total of 198 patients admitted with STEMI and at least one intermediate (35-75%) diameter stenosis other than the culprit artery between July 2020 and June 2021 were prospectively included in this single-center study. All patients were randomized into one of two groups (1 - QFR-guided PCI; 2 - visual-estimation-only guided PCI). A 12-month follow-up with echocardiography, exercise stress test, an

SUBMITTER: Barauskas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015917 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature