Why do we use Pressure Instead of Flow to Assess Stenosis Severity - Ricardo Petraco

Target Audience

These educational moments are suitable for a wide audience including:-

• 5* rated international core course-content
• Interventional cardiologists 
• General cardiologists
• Allied healthcare professionals 
• Technicans and physiologists 
• Industry core physiology requirements

This course is supported by an unrestrited educational grant from Volcano-Philips

Learning Objectives

• Detailed background knowledge of the history of physiological measurements
• Range of tools available in the clinical cathether laboratory for physiological measurments
• Choice of flow or pressure in stenosis assessment?
• Evidence base for physiological assessment 
• Appropriate use criteria, and application of physiological assessment to routine practice
• State-of-the art anatomical-physioloigcal co-registration 
• Clinical trial update (DEFINE-FLAIR, iFR-SwedeHeart, FAME 3)

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