Association of coronary plaque burden with fractional flow reserve: should we keep attempting to derive physiology from anatomy?

Abd, Thura T; George, Richard T.

Affiliation

Abd TT; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
George RT; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Cardiovasc Diagn Ther ; 5(1): 67-70, 2015 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25774351

Key words

Coronary computer tomography angiography (coronary CTA); fractional flow reserve (FFR); intermediate coronary stenosis; invasive coronary angiography (ICA); plaque burden