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ArticleTexas Heart Institute journal2023

Validity and Diagnostic Performance of Computing Fractional Flow Reserve From 2-Dimensional Coronary Angiography Images.

Vahid Mohammadi, Massoud Ghasemi, Reza Rahmani, Maryam Mehrpooya, Hamidreza Babakhani, Akbar Shafiee, Mohammad Sadeghian

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Article in Texas Heart Institute journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Vahid MohammadiDepartment of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Massoud GhasemiDepartment of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza RahmaniDepartment of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam MehrpooyaDepartment of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamidreza BabakhaniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Akbar ShafieeDepartment of Cardiovascular Research, Tehran Heart Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad SadeghianDepartment of Interventional Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Imam Khomeini Hospital · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRTarbiat Modares University · IR

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Abstract

backgroundMeasurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) is the gold standard for determining the physiologic significance of coronary artery stenosis, but newer software programs can calculate the FFR from 2-dimensional angiography images.

methodsA retrospective analysis was conducted using the records of patients with intermediate coronary stenoses who had undergone adenosine FFR (aFFR). To calculate the computed FFR, a software program used simulated coronary blood flow using computational geometry constructed using at least 2 patient-specific angiographic images. Two cardiologists reviewed the angiograms and determined the computational FFR independently. Intraobserver variability was measured using κ analysis and the intraclass correlation coefficient. The correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman plots were used to assess the agreement between the calculated FFR and the aFFR.

resultsA total of 146 patients were included, with 95 men and 51 women, with a mean (SD) age of 61.1 (9.5) y. The mean (SD) aFFR was 0.847 (0.072), and 41 patients (27.0%) had an aFFR of 0.80 or less. There was a strong intraobserver correlation between the computational FFRs (r = 0.808; P < .001; κ = 0.806; P < .001). There was also a strong correlation between aFFR and computational FFR (r = 0.820; P < .001) and good agreement on the Bland-Altman plot. The computational FFR had a high sensitivity (95.1%) and specificity (90.1%) for detecting an aFFR of 0.80 or less.

conclusionA novel software program provides a feasible method of calculating FFR from coronary angiography images without resorting to pharmacologically induced hyperemia.

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Coronary StenosisFractional Flow Reserve, MyocardialCoronary AngiographyCoronary VesselsFemaleHemodynamicsHumansMalePredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness Indexangiography, coronaryAtherosclerosiscoronary artery diseasefractional flow reserve, myocardial

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PMID36720243
PMCPMC9969768
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