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03.02.2015 | Case Report

Fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for an intermediate stenosis complicated by a coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula

verfasst von: Tsuyoshi Ito, Shunsuke Murai, Hiroshi Fujita, Tomomitsu Tani, Nobuyuki Ohte

Erschienen in: Heart and Vessels | Ausgabe 5/2016

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Abstract

A 65-year-old man was referred to our hospital following repetitive chest pain. Invasive coronary angiography showed an intermediate stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD), and a coronary fistula originating distal to the stenosis draining into the main pulmonary artery. To evaluate the functional abnormality arising from the stenosis and coronary steal due to the fistula, fractional flow reserve (FFR) was measured using a pressure wire with pullback recording. The FFR value was 0.74 at the distal LAD, 0.78 distal to the fistula, 0.81 proximal to the fistula (distal to the stenosis), and abruptly increased to 1.0 proximal to the stenosis. Based on these FFR results, percutaneous coronary intervention was performed to the stenosis. After stent placement, the FFR value improved to 0.87 at the distal LAD, and no abrupt pressure gradient was observed beyond the fistula and the stent. FFR-guided intervention with pullback pressure recording could be a useful and practical method to apply in cases with coronary stenosis complicated by coronary fistula in the same vessel.
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Metadaten
Titel
Fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for an intermediate stenosis complicated by a coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula
verfasst von
Tsuyoshi Ito
Shunsuke Murai
Hiroshi Fujita
Tomomitsu Tani
Nobuyuki Ohte
Publikationsdatum
03.02.2015
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Heart and Vessels / Ausgabe 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0910-8327
Elektronische ISSN: 1615-2573
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-015-0641-9

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