October 4, 2018 — The late-breaking FAST-FFR Trial demonstrated that the sensitivity and specificity of the CathWorks FFRangio angiography imaging derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-angio)...
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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October 1, 2018 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine website from the month of September 2018.
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The use of invasive, pressure wire-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) in the cath lab is now considered the gold standard for assessing the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions to...
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Jeffrey Schussler, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, FACP, interventional cardiologist at Baylor Scott White Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, explains some of the key innovations his institution is...
The late-breaking FAST-FFR Trial demonstrated that the sensitivity and specificity of the CathWorks FFRangio angiography imaging derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-angio) technology matched the performance of wire-based FFR measurements.
News | FFR Technologies | October 04, 2018
October 4, 2018 — The late-breaking FAST-FFR Trial demonstrated that the sensitivity and specificity of the...
Two of the top videos in September both had to do with interventional cardiology hemodynamic support protocols. The top piece of content in September is an interview on the protocols used to determine what device technology to use at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. No. 13 on the list is another video on late-breaking data presented at TCT 2018 from the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI) where mortality was improved by 50 percent over the current standard of care. Pictured here are Abiomed Impella percutaneous ventricular assist devices, which are mentioned prominently in both videos.
Feature | October 01, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
October 1, 2018 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC...
News | Cath Lab | September 20, 2018
September 20, 2018 — At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting, Sept. 21–25 in San Diego...
An illustration of Philip’s iFR technology, showing the iFR pressure readings and a fusion angio image indicating pressure drops in the vessel during wire pull back. SCAI and the European Society of Cardiology recently added iFR to their guidelines.
Feature | FFR Technologies | September 05, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
The use of invasive, pressure wire-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) in the cath lab is now considered the gold...
News | FFR Technologies | August 29, 2018
European Society of Cardiology Incorporates iFR Technology Into Updated Revascularization Guidelines
August 29, 2018 — Philips announced that the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has incorporated instantaneous...
Videos | Cath Lab | August 13, 2018
Jeffrey Schussler, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, FACP, interventional cardiologist at Baylor Scott White Heart and...
FFR-CT was by far the hottest cardiac technology topic on DAIC in July. Eight of the top 20 pieces of content were about or mention FFR-CT. This image shows an example of the image-based technology that noninvasively assesses coronary fractional flow reserve (FFR) for the entire coronary tree. The CT image on the left shows two heavily calcified coronary arteries, but the FFR-CT analysis shows there is not a significant impact on hemodynamics, so the patient does not need revascularization.
Feature | August 02, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
August 2, 2018 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC...
News | FFR Technologies | July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018 — The Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) released a focused update expert...
Videos | Computed Tomography (CT) | July 17, 2018
An interview with Patrick Serruys, M.D., Ph.D., Imperial College London, principal investigator of the SYNTAX III...
News | FFR Technologies | July 12, 2018
July 12, 2018 — CathWorks announced the approval of a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 0523T for non-...
News | CT Angiography (CTA) | July 03, 2018
July 3, 2018 — HeartFlow Inc. announced that UnitedHealthcare now...
News | Cath Lab | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 — Ongoing controversy exists regarding the role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable...
News | FFR Technologies | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 — The first placebo-controlled trial that looked at how fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous...
Technology | FFR Technologies | May 22, 2018
May 22 2018 — Pie Medical Imaging announced that clinical data on its CAAS vFFR (Cardiovascular Angiographic...
Feature | Cath Lab | May 07, 2018 | Simon Trinh and Jeffrey Wong
The European interventional cardiology market is currently valued at nearly $1.4 billion. This is a mature market...
