Clinical Events After Deferral of LAD Revascularization Following Physiological Coronary Assessment

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Authors
Sharp, Andrew
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
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Physicians are not always comfortable deferring treatment of a stenosis in the left anterior descending (LAD) artery because of the perception that there is a high risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE). The authors describe, using the DEFINE-FLAIR (Functional Lesion Assessment of Intermediate Stenosis to Guide Revascularisation) trial, MACE rates when LAD lesions are deferred, guided by physiological assessment using fractional flow reserve (FFR) or the instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR).
Citation
Sen S [et al]. Clinical Events After Deferral of LAD Revascularization Following Physiological Coronary Assessment. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Feb 5;73(4):444-453
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