title: Imaging. Can FFRCT replace old indices of coronary stenosis severity?
abstract: The NXT trial supports the value of computational fluid dynamics applied to the digitally reconstructed coronary tree as a noninvasive method of identifying ischaemia-generating stenoses. The results of the study also suggest that old indices of angiographic severity used in clinical practice, such as percent diameter stenosis, might become obsolete.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clinico San Carlos/Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Calle Profesor Martín Lagos, S/N, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escaned
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D053805:Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; D006801:Humans; D057446:Hydrodynamics; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
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