Seokhun Yang, Zhiqing Wang, Sang-Hyeon Park, Huihong Hong, Chunming Li, Xun Liu, Lianglong Chen, Doyeon Hwang, Jinlong Zhang, Masahiro Hoshino, Taishi Yonetsu, Eun-Seok Shin, Joon-Hyung Doh, Chang-Wook Nam, Jianan Wang, Shaoliang Chen, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Hitoshi Matsuo, Takashi Kubo, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Bon-Kwon Koo, Shengxian Tu
BACKGROUND: Coronary angiography-derived radial wall strain (RWS) is a newly developed index that can be readily accessed and describes the biomechanical features of a lesion. OBJECTIVES: The authors sought to investigate the association of RWS with fractional flow reserve (FFR) and high-risk plaque (HRP), and their relative prognostic implications. METHODS: We included 484 vessels (351 patients) deferred after FFR measurement with available RWS data and coronary computed tomography angiography...
January 8, 2024: JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions