Fractional flow reserve in unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Experience from the FAME (Fractional flow reserve versus angiography for multivessel evaluation) study

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1183-1189

  Sels, Jan Willem E M ^a   Tonino, Pim A L ^a   Siebert, Uwe ^b,c,d   Fearon, William F ^e   Van'T Veer, Marcel ^a   De Bruyne, Bernard ^f   Pijls, Nico H J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UMITUniversity of Health Sciences   (Austria)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FAME study; FFR; multivessel disease; NSTEMI; PCI; unstable angina

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855189544     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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