Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Routine Coronary Angiograms

Pressure wire-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) has become the standard of reference for decision making regarding coronary revascularization. Deriving FFR from routine angiograms could facilitate the uptake of FFR-based clinical decisions. Several angiography-derived FFR methods have recently been introduced (1,2). These methods are based on computational fluid dynamic simulations. FFRangio is a novel technology providing a functional angiography mapping of the coronaries in 3D  based on a rapid flow analysis of a dynamically derived lumped model that can assess FFR using routine angiograms and hemodynamic data.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research