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SUBMITTER: Al-Obaidi FR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988484 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Al-Obaidi Firas R FR Fearon William F WF Yong Andy S C ASC
International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature 20180223
Physiological measurements are now commonly used to assess coronary lesions in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory, and this practice is evidence-based and supported by clinical guidelines. Fractional flow reserve is currently the gold standard method to determine whether coronary lesions are functionally significant, and is used to guide revascularization. There are however several other physiological measurements that have been proposed as alternatives to the fractional flow reserve. This r ...[more]