Intravascular Ultrasound vs. Fractional Flow Reserve for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Optimization in Long Coronary Artery Lesions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) have both been shown to be superior to angiography in optimizing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, there is still a lack of comparative studies between PCI optimization using physiology and intravascular imaging head-to-head. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of FFR and IVUS PCI optimization strategies on the functional PCI result (assessed with FFR) immediately post-PCI and at 9-12 months after the treatment of long coronary lesions.

Methods

This was a single-center study comparing post-PCI FFR between two different PCI optimization strategies (FFR and IVUS). The study included 154 patients who had hemodynamically significant long lesions, necessitating a stent

SUBMITTER: Budrys P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10528528 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature