Using FFR to assess severity of left anterior descending artery

↳ This is a section part of Moment: Live Case Demonstration to Africa PCR (2016) from Hammersmith Hospital

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Summary

After assessing iFR, the live case team go on to measure FFR in the left anterior descending artery

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Target Audience

Interventional cardiologists
Cardiology fellows
Physiology technicians
Catheter laboratory nurses
Physiological researchers
Imaging researchers

Kindly supported with an unrestricted educational grant from Volcano-Philips

Learning Objectives

Watch this case to learn:

How to manage complex pre-renal transplant patients
Differentiate focal from diffuse disease
Use of iFR to assess ischaemia
Use of iFR-Scout to map out physiological gradients along the lengh of the vessel
SyncVision to Co-register IVUS and angiographic images
SyncVision automated Stent Enchancement

Other Components in this Moment

Introduction to Live Case Demonstration

Operators and faculty discuss the angiographic findings

Using SyncVision to demonstrate automated coronary QCA

Using SyncVision to co-register angiographic and IVUS imaging

Preparation for measurement of coronary physiology

Using iFR to measure stenosis severity in left anterior descending artery

Using FFR to assess severity of left anterior descending artery

Using iFR Scout to assess diffuse and focal disease along the length of the left anterior descending artery

Physiology data is interpreted by the live case operators and the expert panel

Pre-PCI lesion preparation

SyncVision lesion preparation was assessed

SyncVision IVUS preparation

Use of SyncVision to ensure accurate positioning of the stent

SyncVision IVUS was used to assess the artery post-PCI

iFR measurement was made following PCI

Final discussions of the live case

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