Safety of Revascularization Deferral of Left Main Stenosis Based on Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio Evaluation
Warisawa T, Cook CM, Rajkumar C, Howard JP, Seligman H, Ahmad Y, El Hajj S, Doi S, Nakajima A, Nakayama M, Goto S, Vera-Urquiza R, Sato T, Kikuta Y, Kawase Y, Nishina H, Petraco R, Al-Lamee R, Nijjer S, Sen S, Nakamura S, Lerman A, Matsuo H, Francis DP, Akashi YJ, Escaned J, Davies JE. Safety of Revascularization Deferral of Left Main Stenosis Based on Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio Evaluation. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2020, 13: 1655-1664. PMID: 32417088, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.02.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedClinical Decision-MakingCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary StenosisEuropeFemaleFractional Flow Reserve, MyocardialHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTime-to-TreatmentTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsInstantaneous wave-free ratioNonfatal myocardial infarctionPrimary endpointLM stenosisCause deathLesion revascularizationSecondary endpointsCardiac deathMyocardial infarctionIschemia-driven target lesion revascularizationSimilar long-term outcomesStable coronary artery diseaseMain coronary artery stenosisLong-term clinical outcomesSafety of deferralMulticenter observational studyTarget lesion revascularizationLeft main stenosisCoronary artery diseaseLong-term outcomesCoronary artery stenosisDeferred groupLM revascularizationMedian followRevascularization deferral