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This clinical case demonstrates how physiology can simplify complex three-vessel disease. The use of iFR transformed this patient from three-vessel, where CABG would traditionally be considered, to single-vessel angioplasty.
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Davies, J.E., Sen, S. (2016). Simplifying Angioplasty: From Three-Vessel to One-Vessel Disease. In: Gori, T., Fineschi, M. (eds) Atlas of FFR-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47116-7_14
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