Nozomi Kotoku, Kai Ninomiya, Shinichiro Masuda, Tsung Ying Tsai, Pruthvi C Revaiah, Scot Garg, Shigetaka Kageyama, Shengxian Tu, Ken Kozuma, Hideyuki Kawashima, Yuki Ishibashi, Gaku Nakazawa, Kuniaki Takahashi, Takayuki Okamura, Yosuke Miyazaki, Hiroki Tateishi, Masato Nakamura, Norihiro Kogame, Taku Asano, Shimpei Nakatani, Yoshihiro Morino, Masaru Ishida, Yuki Katagiri, Fernando De Martino, João Tinoco, Patricia O Guimarães, Kengo Tanabe, Yukio Ozaki, Takashi Muramatsu, Pedro A Lemos, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W Serruys
BACKGROUND: The geographical disparity in the pathophysiological pattern of coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the geographical variance in the pathophysiological characteristics of CAD. METHODS: Physiological indices derived from angiography-based fractional flow reserve pullbacks from patients with chronic coronary syndrome enrolled in the ASET Japan (n = 206) and ASET Brazil (n = 201) studies, which shared the same eligibility criteria, were analysed...
April 1, 2024: International Journal of Cardiology