Fractional flow reserve (FFR) can accurately identify those patients with equivocal lesions in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery who may not need revascularization and will see ...

New 7-year data demonstrate similar long-term safety and effectiveness after PCI with sirolimus-eluting stents or minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with isolated ...

Aug. 22, 2002 — Minimally invasive bypass surgery was better than stenting for a high-grade proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery stenosis, according to the results of a randomized ...

The patient is a 53 year old man, smoker, dyslipidemia presented with post infarction angina and underwent coronary angiogram. He had h/o Anterior Myocardial Infarction 7 days earlier and was ...

Medical treatment was as effective as surgery for patients with moderate to severe isolated stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending artery who had fractional flow reserve (FFR) of 0.80 or ...

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions suggests that fractional flow reserve (FFR) may be safely used to guide treatment in patients with ...

The OST is based on a simple technique using one stent. This is the best technique in bifurcation lesions with a small side branch that can be ignored. This is also the best technique that is suitable ...