title: Residual angina pectoris after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is an important diagnostic tool to guide decision-making in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and for evaluation of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Especially the pressure pullback curve at maximal hyperaemia is convincing in demonstrating the exact location and severity of a coronary stenosis. This pressure pullback curve can also demonstrate the presence of diffuse disease. We present a case in which FFR with pressure pullback curve seven days after a PCI, which did not result in complete symptom relief, indicates the presence of diffuse disease. Based on this result the patient was treated medically.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michels
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onderwater
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: van der Giessen
keywords: coronary angioplasty; coronary pressure; fractional-flow reserve