Intravascular Imaging Findings After PCI in Patients With Focal and Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease

• DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.032605
• Publication Date: 2024-02-23T10:47:11Z
• Authors: Hirofumi Ohashi; Takuya Mizukami; Jeroen Sonck; Frederic Bouisset; Brian Ko; Bjarne L. Nørgaard; Michael Mæng; Jesper Møller Jensen; Koshiro Sakai; Hirohiko Ando; Tetsuya Amano; Nicolas Amabile; Ziad Ali; Bernard De Bruyne; Bon‐Kwon Koo; Hiromasa Otake; Carlos Collet
• Keywords: Fractional Flow Reserve; Apposition

Following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), optical coherence tomography provides prognosis information. The pullback pressure gradient is a novel index that discriminates focal from diffuse artery disease based on fractional flow reserve pullbacks. We sought to investigate the association between patterns, defined by physiology, and after stent implantation in stable patients undergoing PCI.