Joo Myung Lee, Hangyul Kim, David Hong, Doyeon Hwang, Jinlong Zhang, Xinyang Hu, Jun Jiang, Chang-Wook Nam, Joon-Hyung Doh, Bong-Ki Lee, Weon Kim, Jinyu Huang, Fan Jiang, Hao Zhou, Peng Chen, Lijiang Tang, Wenbing Jiang, Xiaomin Chen, Wenming He, Jeehoon Kang, Sung-Gyun Ahn, Myeong-Ho Yoon, Ung Kim, You-Jeong Ki, Eun-Seok Shin, Ki Hong Choi, Taek Kyu Park, Jeong Hoon Yang, Young Bin Song, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Bon-Kwon Koo, Hyo-Soo Kim, Seung-Jea Tahk, Jian'an Wang, Joo-Yong Hahn
BACKGROUND: There are limited data regarding the safety of deferral of percutaneous coronary intervention based on intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) findings. The current study sought to compare the prognosis between deferred lesions based on IVUS and fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided treatment decision. METHODS: This study is a post hoc analysis of the FLAVOUR randomized trial (Fractional Flow Reserve and Intravascular Ultrasound for Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Intermediate Stenosis) that compared 2-year clinical outcomes between IVUS- and FFR-guided treatment decision on intermediate coronary artery lesions using predefined criteria...
December 2023: Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions