Since the original description by Pijls and colleagues in 1993, Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has established itself as the key diagnostic tool to determine lesion severity during coronary angiography and the deciding factor whether a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is indicated and necessary. Since the original publication of the “Physiology” issue in Interventional Cardiology Clinics in 2015, the routine use of physiology during PCI in the United States has more than doubled to ∼25%. Importantly, the clinical applications of coronary physiology measurements have also increased substantially over the past few years.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Understanding the Basis for Hyperemic and Nonhyperemic Coronary Pressure Assessment - p. 1 9. Nonhyperemic Pressure Ratios—All the Same or Nuanced Differences? - p. 13 10. Is Coronary Physiology Assessment Valid in Special Circumstances?: Aortic Stenosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, and Other - p. 21 11. What About All the Recent “Negative” FFR Trials? - p. 31 12. Using Physiology Pullback for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guidance: Is this the Future? - p. 41 13. Physiologic Assessment After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Functionally Optimized Revascularization - p. 55 14. Physiology and Intravascular Imaging Coregistration—Best of all Worlds? - p. 77 15. Intravascular Imaging-Derived Physiology—Basic Principles and Clinical Application - p. 89 16. Computed Tomography-Derived Physiology Assessment: State-of-the-Art Review - p. 101 17. Beyond Coronary Artery Disease: Assessing the Microcirculation - p. 125 18. Targeted Therapies for Microvascular Disease - p. 137 19. Coronary Physiology as Part of a State-of-the-Art Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy: Lessons from SYNTAX II and Beyond - p. 147
Since the original description by Pijls and colleagues in 1993, Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has established itself as the key diagnostic tool to determine lesion severity during coronary angiography and the deciding factor whether a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is indicated and necessary. Since the original publication of the “Physiology” issue in Interventional Cardiology Clinics in 2015, the routine use of physiology during PCI in the United States has more than doubled to ∼25%. Importantly, the clinical applications of coronary physiology measurements have also increased substantially over the past few years.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Understanding the Basis for Hyperemic and Nonhyperemic Coronary Pressure Assessment - p. 1 9. Nonhyperemic Pressure Ratios—All the Same or Nuanced Differences? - p. 13 10. Is Coronary Physiology Assessment Valid in Special Circumstances?: Aortic Stenosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, and Other - p. 21 11. What About All the Recent “Negative” FFR Trials? - p. 31 12. Using Physiology Pullback for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guidance: Is this the Future? - p. 41 13. Physiologic Assessment After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Functionally Optimized Revascularization - p. 55 14. Physiology and Intravascular Imaging Coregistration—Best of all Worlds? - p. 77 15. Intravascular Imaging-Derived Physiology—Basic Principles and Clinical Application - p. 89 16. Computed Tomography-Derived Physiology Assessment: State-of-the-Art Review - p. 101 17. Beyond Coronary Artery Disease: Assessing the Microcirculation - p. 125 18. Targeted Therapies for Microvascular Disease - p. 137 19. Coronary Physiology as Part of a State-of-the-Art Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy: Lessons from SYNTAX II and Beyond - p. 147
