Difference in functional assessment of individual stenosis severity in serial coronary lesions between resting and hyperemic pressure-wire pullback: Insights from the GIFT registry
Warisawa T, Howard JP, Kawase Y, Tanigaki T, Omori H, Cook CM, Ahmad Y, Francis DP, Akashi YJ, Matsuo H, Davies JE. Difference in functional assessment of individual stenosis severity in serial coronary lesions between resting and hyperemic pressure-wire pullback: Insights from the GIFT registry. International Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 312: 10-15. PMID: 32376416, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFractional flow reserveInstantaneous wave-free ratioCoronary lesionsPressure-wire pullbackCoronary artery lesionsPhysiological assessmentArtery lesionsConsecutive patientsCoronary stenosisHemodynamic significanceWave-free periodFlow reserveHemodynamic interactionSerial lesionsSerial stenosesFunctional assessmentStenosis severityLesionsStenosisHyperemic conditionsStatistical differenceWhole cardiac cycleReference standardCardiac cyclePredominance