Use of fractional flow reserve in the treatment of a calcific bifurcation left anterior descending coronary stenosis with rotational atherectomy.
We report the results of an intervention in a high-risk surgical patient undergoing rotational atherectomy in a bifurcating lesion. The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) was especially helpful due to the inability to visualize clearly the angiographic anatomy both before and following intervention.
Holmes
D G
DG
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Kern
M J
MJ
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male