Pressure wire-based fractional flow reserve is considered the standard of reference for evaluation of the ischemic potential of coronary stenoses and the expected benefit from revascularization. Accordingly, its application in daily practice or for research purposes has to be as standardized as possible to avoid technical or operator-related artifacts in pressure recordings. This document proposes a standardized way of acquiring, recording, interpreting, and archiving the pressure tracings for daily practice and for the purpose of clinical research involving a core laboratory. Proposed standardized steps enhance the uniformity of clinical practices and data interpretation.
Standardization of Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements / Toth, Gabor G; Johnson, Nils P; Jeremias, Allen; Pellicano, Mariano; Vranckx, Pascal; Fearon, William F; Barbato, Emanuele; Kern, Morton J; Pijls, Nico H. J; De Bruyne, Bernard. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 1558-3597. - 68:7(2016), pp. 742-753. [10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.067]
Standardization of Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements
PELLICANO, MARIANO;BARBATO, EMANUELE;
2016
Abstract
Pressure wire-based fractional flow reserve is considered the standard of reference for evaluation of the ischemic potential of coronary stenoses and the expected benefit from revascularization. Accordingly, its application in daily practice or for research purposes has to be as standardized as possible to avoid technical or operator-related artifacts in pressure recordings. This document proposes a standardized way of acquiring, recording, interpreting, and archiving the pressure tracings for daily practice and for the purpose of clinical research involving a core laboratory. Proposed standardized steps enhance the uniformity of clinical practices and data interpretation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
