Angiographic severity of coronary artery stenosis has historically been the primary guide to
revascularization or medical management of coronary artery disease. However, physiologic …

Outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have
improved because of advancements in equipment and techniques. With global collaboration …

Aims The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of single-photon
emission computed tomography (SPECT), stress echocardiography (SE), invasive coronary …

Background Imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with
better clinical outcomes than angiography-guided PCI. Whether routine optical coherence …

Importance At present, the choice of noninvasive testing for a diagnosis of significant
coronary artery disease (CAD) is ambiguous, but nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging with …

Background: Fractional flow reserve (FFR) computation from coronary computed
tomography angiography (CTA) datasets (FFRCT) has emerged as a promising noninvasive …

Background: The hybrid algorithm for chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) was developed to improve procedural outcomes. Large, prospective …

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated improved diagnostic accuracy for detecting
coronary artery disease (CAD) when myocardial blood flow (MBF) is quantified in absolute …

The authors developed a global chronic total occlusion crossing algorithm following 10
steps: 1) dual angiography; 2) careful angiographic review focusing on proximal cap …

It is important to realize that 2 stages can be distinguished in the process of MVo2
conversion to mechanical energy:(1) efficiency of energy transfer from MVo2 to total PVA …