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.

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, M.D., FACC, FSCCT, associate professor, Oakland University, William Beaumont School of Medicine ...

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Videos | Computed Tomography (CT)

An interview with Patrick Serruys, M.D., Ph.D., Imperial College London, principal investigator of the SYNTAX III Trial ...

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News | FFR Technologies

July 12, 2018 — CathWorks announced the approval of a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 0523T for non ...

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News | CT Angiography (CTA)

July 3, 2018 — HeartFlow Inc. announced that UnitedHealthcare now covers the HeartFlow FFRct Analysis, extending access ...

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News | Cath Lab

May 29, 2018 — Ongoing controversy exists regarding the role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable ...

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News | FFR Technologies

May 29, 2018 — The first placebo-controlled trial that looked at how fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous ...

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Technology | FFR Technologies

May 22 2018 — Pie Medical Imaging announced that clinical data on its CAAS vFFR (Cardiovascular Angiographic Analysis ...

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Recent Acquisitions Eroding Prices in Billion Dollar European Interventional Cardiology cath lab Market.
Feature | Cath Lab | Simon Trinh and Jeffrey Wong

The European interventional cardiology market is currently valued at nearly $1.4 billion. This is a mature market that ...

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News | FFR Technologies

April 25, 2018 — HeartFlow Inc. announced that the National Health Service (NHS) England has chosen the HeartFlow FFRct ...

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Videos | FFR Technologies

An economic analysis of the DEFINE-FLAIR study comparing FFR vs. iFR, found a cost savings of nearly $900. The late ...

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March 13, 2018 –  HeartFlow, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a licensing and technology transfer agreement ...

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News | FFR Technologies

March 12, 2018 — Philips announced health economic results from the DEFINE FLAIR clinical trial comparing cost ...

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News | Cardiac Imaging

February 1, 2018 – HeartFlow announced that seven new commercial payers issued positive medical policies covering the ...

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Blog | TCT

Here is a list of what I think were some of the top interventional technologies discussed at the 2017 Transcatheter ...

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News | FFR Technologies

December 28, 2017 — HeartFlow Inc. announced that Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC), which operates Blue Cross and Blue ...

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