Back to the Future: Drug-Eluting Angioplasty Balloons, Dissolving Stents, FFR and More

When I have interviewed Drs. Nico Pijls, Bernard De Bruyne, William Fearon, and Justin Davies, proponents of the modern-day fractional flow reserve (FFR) technology, I asked, "Isn't FFR the modern version of what Andreas Gruentzig was doing with pressure gradients when he first invented coronary angioplasty almost four decades ago?" And the answer was, "Absolutely, yes!"
Source: Burts Stent Blog : The Voice in the Ear - Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs