FFR-guided PCI is a class I recommendation by ESC guidelines for complex coronary scenarios 2 and focuses on treating only ischaemia-causing lesions, optimising revascularisation completeness. Its ...

The diagram shows four phases of coronary blood flow in the left coronary artery during one complete cardiac cycle. During which of the following phase(s) shown in the diagram is the left ventricle ...

Atherosclerosis causes the smooth, elastic lining of the coronary arteries to become hard, stiff, and swollen because of plaque. These are deposits of calcium, fats, and abnormal inflammatory cells ...

Exercise testing and coronary angiography were repeated after a year. Patients were followed on an intention-to-treat basis; 47 subjects in each group completed the initial and follow-up angiograms.