Summary
Justin Davies discusses the role for intra-coronary physiology to guide diagnostics and treatment in the cardiac catheter laboratory
In this talk you will learn:-
- The limitations of coronary angiography
- Rationale for stenting in stable coronary artery disease
- Link between pressure indices, stenosis severity and increase in blood flow post-PCI
- Current clinical outcome data (DEFER, FAME and FAME2)
- iFR (Instant Wave-free Ratio) as a new hyperaemia free alternative to FFR
- Evidence of use of iFR as a measure of ischaeia
- On-going clinical trial data for iFR and FFR
- Clinical, ischaemic and outcome physiological thresholds
- Future of revascularisation
