Fractional flow reserve (FFR)

Clinical Editor's Corner

Revisiting Best Practices for an Accurate FFR and Non-Hyperemic Pressure Ratios (NHPR)

09/04/2018

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA ...

“When is the right time to accept the fractional flow reserve (FFR) during the adenosine hyperemic recording?” I thought this issue had been settled a few years ago, but after speaking with Arnold, we thought we should revisit some of the...

“When is the right time to...

09/04/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Image Corner

High-Quality cCTA Imaging Enables FFRct Analysis

03/01/2018

Images courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia

Images courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo...

Physicians strive to avoid unnecessary invasive angiograms when determining the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) in a patient as well as CAD’s impact on blood flow to the heart.

Physicians strive to avoid...

03/01/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Noninvasive Angiographic-Derived FFR: Is Wireless Physiology Coming to Your Cath Lab Soon?

02/06/2018

Morton J. Kern, MD

Morton J. Kern, MD

When FFRCT and angio-derived FFR technology ultimately become more widely available, they will radically change the way diagnostic angiography is performed in the same way that invasive FFR changed the way we approach patients needing...

When FFRCT and angio-derived FFR...

02/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Interventional Coronary Physiology: A 30-Year Overnight Success Story

06/07/2017

Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine,
Long Beach Veterans
Administration Health Care
System, Long Beach, California;
Associate Chief Cardiology,
Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...

This year, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) celebrated the “40 for 40” event; that is, the 40th anniversary of percutaneous coronary intervention and the 40th anniversary year of the founding of the SCAI. On...

This year, the Society for...

06/07/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

iFR - The New Kid in Coronary Physiology. Results of 2 Outcome Trials: DEFINE-FLAIR and SWEDEHEART

04/30/2017

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...

iFR is non-inferior to FFR and associated with fewer stents/CABG procedures. However, compared to FFR, there are no long-term outcome or independent ischemic testing validation data. Currently, FFR remains the comparative standard for iFR.

iFR is non-inferior to FFR and...

04/30/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Comparing FFR Tools: New Wires and a Pressure Microcatheter

05/02/2016

Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine,
Long Beach Veterans
Administration Health Care System, Long Beach, California;
Associate Chief Cardiology, Professor of Medicine,
University of California Irvine,
Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...

Addressing the concerns of operators and labs about the technical limitations of FFR guidewire systems, five companies now make products for FFR, all aimed at improving the procedure. I thought it would be of value to review the FFR...

Addressing the concerns of...

05/02/2016

Cath Lab Digest

From the Front Lines

How Do You Flip the R Wave?

01/08/2016

Wah Wah Htun, MD, Brittany Bjornholm, BAS, RCIS, Cindy L. Grines, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan

Wah Wah Htun, MD, Brittany Bjornholm,...

We innovated a methodology to flip the R wave in lead II so that the iFR modality can still be utilized.

We innovated a methodology to...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Technology Pulse

Incorporating iFR in the Cath Lab

07/01/2015

Ashesh N. Buch, MBChB, MD, FRCP, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University Physicians – Cardiology, East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Ashesh N. Buch, MBChB, MD, FRCP, Assi...

For the faculty team at ECHI, the introduction of instant wave-free-ratio (the iFR Modality, Volcano Corporation) was a natural evolution of FFR.

For the faculty team at ECHI,...

07/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest