title: (F)Utility of invasive haemodynamic measurements to guide percutaneous intervention in chronic coronary artery disease.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic stable coronary artery disease has not been shown to reduce the incidence of myocardial infarction or death. There is, however, evidence that the outcome from PCI is dependent on the amount of myocardial ischaemia. This review provides an overview of coronary circulatory pathophysiology and focuses on fractional flow reserve from a semantical, conceptual and practical point of view.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seiler
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D053805:Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*