The cardiology program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is internationally recognized for being on the forefront of ...
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.
August 18, 2020 — Philips Healthcare introduced its new OmniWire, the world’s first solid core fractional flow reserve ...
August 18, 2020
July 9, 2020 – Acist Medical Systems Inc., a Bracco Group Company, announced the global launch of its Acist Navvus II ...
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Case Study | Baylor Scott and White Heart Hospital
While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...
May 05, 2023
Feature | FFR Technologies | Dave Fornell, Editor
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) pressure wires have been used now in interventional cardiology procedures for more than a ...
July 07, 2020
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor
Here is an overview of a few of the biggest technology advances in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). These are ...
June 08, 2020
May 15, 2020 – A late-breaking study aimed to evaluate whether optical coherence tomography (OCT) can predict fractional ...
May 15, 2020
James Udelson, M.D., chief of the division of cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, explains how cardiac computed tomography ...
March 26, 2020
February 12. 2020 — Philips announced a new randomized controlled trial to assess patient outcomes after receiving a ...
February 12, 2020
October 2, 2019 — Philips Healthcare is utilizing Level Ex’s video game app design expertise to train interventional ...
October 02, 2019
September 12, 2019 — HeartFlow Inc. has obtained clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the ...
September 12, 2019
Feature | FFR Technologies | Dave Fornell and Greg Freiherr
New technologies have been developed that may replace the traditional pressure wires and adenosine to assess the fractio ...
August 05, 2019
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Greg Freiherr
One of the big trends in cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging has been the introduction of noninvasive fractional ...
July 24, 2019
June 19, 2019 — Results from a comprehensive analysis demonstrate the effectiveness of measuring a non-hyperemic ...
June 19, 2019
June 17, 2019 – A prospective, multicenter, multinational study examines how fractional flow reserve (FFR) can impact ...
June 17, 2019
June 4, 2019 — Medis Medical Imaging Systems B.V. has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for ...
June 04, 2019