title: Conversations in cardiology: using new media to transmit timely medical knowledge. How do you assess the left main stenosis with FFR and IVUS in a patient with multivessel CAD?
abstract: Conversations in Cardiology is a new use of modern email communication to facilitate transfer of medical knowledge. In this Conversation in Cardiology, Dr. Barry Uretsky of Little Rock Arkansas asked a question about a patient with left main narrowing and the assessment by FFR and IVUS and several well known expert interventionalists address the clinical dilemma. Their answers and rebuttals are reflective of areas of agreement and disagreement and demonstrate the educational value of this format from expert opinion on problems not readily addressed by reference books or formal data studies.
authors.affiliation: UCI, Chief Cardiology Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, California 90807, USA. mkern@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Morton J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D002932:Cineangiography; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D034742:Electronic Mail; D053805:Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional