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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July 28, 2010 – This week St. Jude Medical filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Volcano Corp. over its ...

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May 25, 2010 – A clinical trial will examine benefits of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided stenting with ...

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May 24, 2010 – New intravascular imaging innovations, such as registered angiography and intravascular ultrasound ...

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May 20, 2010 – A fractional flow reserve (FFR) guide wire gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

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March 25, 2010 – Recognizing that a single database cardiovascular information system(CVIS) can streamline ...

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March 22, 2010 – Fractional flow reserve (FFR) technology from Volcano Corp. now integrates with the FFR modules ...

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March 17, 2010 – A new agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions expands access to the wireless PressureWire Aeris ...

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February 23, 2010 – Hospitals using the McKesson Horizon Cardiology Hemo solution will now be able to use St. Jude ...

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Feature | Habib Samady, M.D.

Editor’s note: Dr. Samady is an associate professor of medicine, division of cardiology,

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is starting to change cardiologists’ minds about how to treat patients since the ...

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December 24, 2009 - The suggested use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements in new guidelines is expected ...

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November 18, 2009 – New, joint guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart ...

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September 29, 2009 – GE Healthcare said the first clinical use of true integrated Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) ...

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September 2, 2009 – Volcano Corp. said this week it entered into a nonexclusive, global resale agreement with ...

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April 2, 2009 - Volcano Corp. this week at ACC 2009 announced the availability of its integrated fractional flow ...

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