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Fractional Flow Reserve

From Coronary Pressure to Coronary Flow

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 195))

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As explained in the former chapter, the major disadvantages of absolute coronary flow reserve for clinical decision-making are the variability of normal values, the dependency on hemodynamic loading conditions, and the inability to distinguish the effects of epicardial coronary disease and micro-vascular disease on coronary blood flow1–5. As a result, there is a wide variation in normal values and a large overlap between normal and pathologic values, i.e. values associated with inducible ischemia or not5–7. Therefore, clinical decision-making based upon absolute coronary flow reserve, remains difficult.

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  2. Cardiovascular Center, Aalst, Belgium

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Pijls, N.H.J., De Bruyne, B. (2000). Fractional Flow Reserve. In: Coronary Pressure. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 195. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9564-3_4

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