Understanding the Fractional Flow Reserve

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Posted: May 13, 2009

Jonathan D. Marmur, MD, FACC, FRCP, Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology at SUNY Brooklyn, discusses the development, physiology, and utilization of fractional flow reserve (FFR).

References and Resources:
Tonino PA, De Bruyne B, Pijls NH, Siebert U, Ikeno F, van' t Veer M, Klauss V, Manoharan G, Engstrøm T, Oldroyd KG, Ver Lee PN, MacCarthy PA, Fearon WF; FAME Study Investigators. Fractional flow reserve versus angiography for guiding percutaneous coronary intervention. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 15;360(3):213-24.

Sahinarslan A, Kocaman SA, Hizal F, Timurkaynak T. The impact of multiple vessel disease on fractional flow reserve. Acta Cardiol. 2009 Feb;64(1):79-83.