FFR Technologies

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for fractional flow reserve (FFR) wires, catheters and systems used to measure blood flow across a coronary lesion to determine if a stent is needed or if the plaque stenosis can be treated medically. The section includes iFR, instantaneous wave-free ratio, systems used in the cath lab and noninvasive FFR technologies including computed tomography-FFR. This is also referred to as CT-FFR or FFR-CT.

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April 22, 2014 — Volcano Corp. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its proprietary Instant ...

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April 2, 2014 — Acist Medical Systems Inc. announced at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific ...

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Feature | Ashesh Buch, M.D., East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University
Within the United States, the East Carolina Heart Institute (ECHI) has been an early adopter in the use of the heart ...
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November 18, 2013 — In an expert consensus document e-published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (CCI ...
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By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor


The Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) ...

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November 1, 2013 — A study supports the use of instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) to simplify assessment and determine ...
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Oct. 1, 2013 – The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced the late breaking trials and first report ...

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Feature | Dmitriy N. Feldman, M.D., FACC, FSCAI

The year 2013 has brought us several important clinical trials that have changed the way interventional cardiologists ...

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June 14, 2013 — Preliminary results from the ADVISE (Adenosine Vasodilator Independent Stenosis Evaluation) II trial ...

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May 16, 2013 — St. Jude Medical gained CE mark approval of its Ilumien Optis percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...

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In the current era of healthcare reform and increasing requirements to follow appropriate use criteria, any technology ...

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My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology and trends. With ...

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My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology and trends. With ...

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January 11, 2013 — Guided Interventions LLC, a startup company developing new, easier to use fractional flow reserve ...

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December 26, 2012 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the first patient enrollment in its ILUMIEN I clinical study. The ...

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