Healio

FFR-guided PCI for nonculprit lesions improves outcomes in acute MI, multivessel disease

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hahn and colleagues conducted the investigator-initiated, randomized FRAME-AMI trial of 562 patients with acute ...
TCTMD

FFR-Guided PCI Shows Differences in Long-Term Outcomes in Men, Women

Gender-based differences are prevalent among patients undergoing fractional flow reserve- (FFR) guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), especially over the long-term, according to a study ...
Healio

FFR-guided PCI for three-vessel CAD not noninferior to surgery at 1 year: FAME 3

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The primary endpoint of death, MI, stroke or repeat revascularization at 1 year occurred in 10.6% of the ...
Medscape

FFR-Guided PCI Falls Short vs CABG in Multivessel CAD: FAME 3

Coronary stenting guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) readings, considered to reflect the targeted lesion's functional impact, was no match for coronary bypass surgery (CABG) in patients with ...
TCTMD

FFR-Guided PCI Demonstrates Cost-Effectiveness When Compared to Medical Therapy for Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Results of the FAME 2 Cost-Effectiveness Trial Presented at TCT 2012 MIAMI, FL – A strategy of up-front percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for lesions confirmed to be obstructive by fractional ...
MedPage Today

FFR-Guided PCI Saves $$ Clamping Down on Unnecessary Stents in MI Patients

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Open Heart

Ten-year target lesion failure in patients treated with primary PCI: results from DANAMI-3

Background Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has significantly improved outcomes for ST-segment elevation ...
EurekAlert!

FFR-guided PCI shows cost-effectiveness when compared to medical therapy for stable CAD

MIAMI, FL – OCTOBER 24, 2012 –A strategy of up-front percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for lesions confirmed to be obstructive by fractional flow reserve (FFR) was shown to be cost-effective in ...
Medscape

FFR- and IVUS-Guided PCI Do Not Reduce Mortality Long-Term: Observational Study

LONDON, UK — The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) during PCI is not associated with improved long-term mortality rates when compared with standard ...
Forbes

FAME 2: Can FFR Save PCI From Medical Therapy?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a medical journalist covering cardiology news. This article is more than 10 years old. Two sharply divergent views have ...
EurekAlert!

FFR-guided PCI non-Inferior to IVUS in intermediate coronary stenosis

In the first large, randomized head-to-head comparison of two methods of evaluating patients’ need for a stent in their coronary artery, patients who were evaluated using a technique that measures ...