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Virtual Functional Assessment of Coronary Stenoses Using Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging: A Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study.
Heart, Lung & Circulation 2018 March 3
AIMS: We aimed to investigate the performance of virtual functional assessment of coronary stenoses using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-based three-dimensional (3D) coronary artery reconstruction against the invasively measured fractional flow reserve (FFR).
METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-two patients with either typical symptoms of stable angina or a positive stress test, who underwent IVUS and FFR, were included in this study. Five patients presented FFR values lower than the 0.80 threshold, indicating ischaemia. IVUS-based 3D reconstruction and blood flow simulation were performed and the virtual functional assessment index (vFAI) was calculated. A strong correlation between IVUS-based vFAI and FFR was observed (Spearman correlation coefficient [rs ]=0.88, p<0.0001). There was a small overestimation of the FFR by the IVUS-based vFAI (mean difference=0.0196±0.037; p=0.023 for difference from zero). All cases with haemodynamically significant stenoses (FFR≤0.8) were correctly categorised by the IVUS-based vFAI (vFAI≤0.8).
CONCLUSION: The proposed approach allows the complete and comprehensive assessment of coronary stenoses providing anatomic and physiologic information, pre- and post-intervention, using only an IVUS catheter without the use of a pressure wire.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-two patients with either typical symptoms of stable angina or a positive stress test, who underwent IVUS and FFR, were included in this study. Five patients presented FFR values lower than the 0.80 threshold, indicating ischaemia. IVUS-based 3D reconstruction and blood flow simulation were performed and the virtual functional assessment index (vFAI) was calculated. A strong correlation between IVUS-based vFAI and FFR was observed (Spearman correlation coefficient [rs ]=0.88, p<0.0001). There was a small overestimation of the FFR by the IVUS-based vFAI (mean difference=0.0196±0.037; p=0.023 for difference from zero). All cases with haemodynamically significant stenoses (FFR≤0.8) were correctly categorised by the IVUS-based vFAI (vFAI≤0.8).
CONCLUSION: The proposed approach allows the complete and comprehensive assessment of coronary stenoses providing anatomic and physiologic information, pre- and post-intervention, using only an IVUS catheter without the use of a pressure wire.
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