title: Nonangiographic assessment of coronary artery disease: a practical approach to optical coherence tomography and fractional flow reserve.
abstract: In an era of increased scrutiny of the appropriateness and safety of revascularization, interventional cardiologists must evolve by adding key tools to their armamentarium. This review highlights the utility of optical coherence tomography and fractional flow reserve in the catheterization lab and provides a practical guide for using these technologies during coronary intervention in various lesion subsets. We propose that fractional flow reserve informs the decision to intervene and optical coherence tomography guides the optimization of the outcome.
authors.affiliation: aCardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts bDivision of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Rassi
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: O'Dea
authors.forename: Haibo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Arnold H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Ik-Kyung
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D053805:Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence