Invasive assessment of coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol
; 25(3): 860-871, 2018 06.
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ABSTRACT
Coronary artery disease is associated to high mortality and morbidity rates and an accurate diagnostic assessment during heart catheterization has a fundamental role in prognostic stratification and treatment choices. Coronary angiography has been integrated by intravascular imaging modalities, namely intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography, which allow the precise quantification of the atherosclerotic burden of coronary arteries. The hemodynamic relevance of a given coronary stenosis can be assessed using stress or resting indexes fractional flow reserve and instantaneous wave-free ratio are both coronary flow surrogates, used to guide percutaneous coronary interventions. This review summarizes the current state-of-the-art of invasive diagnostic methods during heart catheterization and highlights the potential role that an integration of anatomical and functional information enables.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nucl Cardiol
Asunto de la revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania