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ArticleHerz2016

Is FFR-CT a "game changer" in the diagnostic management of stable coronary artery disease?

W A Leber

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Article in Herz, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Initial Simulated FFR Investigation Using Flow Measurements in Patient-specific 3D Printed Coronary Phantoms.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

W A LeberIsar Heart Center, Isarklinikum Munich, Sonnenstrasse 24-26, 80798, Munich, Germany. Dr_leber@gmx.de.
Deutsches Herzzentrum München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of fractional flow reserve computed tomography (FFR-CT) that is performed from static coronary CT angiography datasets may open new horizons in the diagnostic management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease. FFR-CT has a high sensitivity and moderate specificity in identifying ischemia in intermediate coronary stenoses. It has been demonstrated that this technology has the potential to significantly reduce the number of invasive coronary angiograms and the rate of normal coronary angiograms that are not followed by an intervention. Furthermore, initial data indicate that FFR-CT may predict the hemodynamic effect of stenting and even of bypass surgery. Thus, FFR-CT, with its capacity to serve as an effective gatekeeper before invasive angiography and the option to virtually predict the success of revascularization, constitutes a completely new concept in managing patients with stable angina pectoris. Before this exciting technology can enter clinical practice, however, some evident limitations need to be overcome and significantly more data concerning accuracy and influence on clinical and economic outcome parameters need to be generated.

Indexed as

Fractional Flow Reserve, MyocardialAngina, StableCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseEvidence-Based MedicineHeart Function TestsHumansRadiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-AssistedReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray ComputedAngina pectorisCardiac computed tomographyCoronary angiographyCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial fractional flow reserve

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PMID27393032
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