Usefulness of Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Computed from Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiograms for Intermediate Stenoses Confirmed by Quantitative Coronary Angiography
Min JK, Koo BK, Erglis A, Doh JH, Daniels DV, Jegere S, Kim HS, Dunning AM, DeFrance T, Lansky A, Leipsic J. Usefulness of Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Computed from Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiograms for Intermediate Stenoses Confirmed by Quantitative Coronary Angiography. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2012, 110: 971-976. PMID: 22749390, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLesion-specific ischemiaFractional flow reserveCoronary lesionsIntermediate stenosisFlow reservePredictive valueNoninvasive methodComputed Tomographic AngiogramsCoronary computed tomographyNoninvasive fractional flow reserveQuantitative coronary angiographyReceiver operator characteristic curveIntermediate stenosis severityNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueOperator characteristic curveCoronary angiographyInvasive angiographyMean ageTomographic angiogramBland-Altman analysisStudy groupIschemiaComputed tomographyNovel noninvasive method