TCT-517 Fractional flow reserve assessment of coronary artery disease in patients Undergoing TAVI

Authors :: Anna Piccoli
Corrado Vassanelli
Valeria Ferrero
Roberto Scarsini
Alessia Gambaro
Gabriele Pesarini
Carlo Zivelonghi
Flavio Ribichini
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68:B208
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2016.
Abstract: Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) may influence fractional flow reserve (FFR) of concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) by causing hypertrophy and reducing the vasodilatory reserve of the coronary circulation. The hypothesis was made that TAVI, changing ventricular function by eliminating valvular

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Vasodilation
Fractional flow reserve
medicine.disease
Muscle hypertrophy
Coronary artery disease
Coronary circulation
medicine.anatomical_structure
Aortic valve stenosis
Internal medicine
Concomitant
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
medicine
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business

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