Does routine pressure wire assessment influence management strategy at coronary angiography for diagnosis of chest pain?: the RIPCORD study.

BACKGROUND: The use of coronary angiography (CA) for diagnosis and management of chest pain (CP) has several flaws. The assessment of coronary artery disease using fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a well-validated technique for describing lesion-level ischemia and improves clinical outcome in the co...

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Main Authors: Curzen, N, Rana, O, Nicholas, Z, Golledge, P, Zaman, A, Oldroyd, K, Hanratty, C, Banning, A, Wheatcroft, S, Hobson, A, Chitkara, K, Hildick-Smith, D, McKenzie, D, Calver, A, Dimitrov, B, Corbett, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2014