Coronary interventions

Prediction of the true fractional flow reserve of left main coronary artery stenosis with concomitant downstream stenoses: in vitro and in vivo experiments

EuroIntervention 2016;11:e1249-e1256 published online e-edition February 2016. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV11I11A246

Erika Yamamoto1, MD; Naritatsu Saito1*, MD; Hitoshi Matsuo2, MD; Yoshiaki Kawase2, MD; Shin Watanabe1, MD; Bingyuan Bao1, MD; Hiroki Watanabe1, MD; Hirooki Higami1, MD; Kenji Nakatsuma1, MD; Takeshi Kimura1, MD

1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; 2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gifu Heart Center, Gifu, Japan

Aims: The functional impact of downstream coronary stenoses on left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis has not been fully elucidated. This study therefore aimed to use

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