Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) continues to advance at pace with an ever-
broadening indication. In this article we will review the recent technological advances in PCI …

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States (1), and coronary artery
disease is the most common type of heart disease (2). The annual estimated cost of heart …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

Aims: The aim of this study was to validate novel software to calculate vessel fractional flow
reserve (vFFR) based on 3D-QCA and to assess inter-observer variability in patients who …

Objectives”, explains how to select and use various test methods for evaluating disease
states, the prognosis, and the effects of treatment. References to the literature published …

Background: Recently, resting pressure–derived indexes such as resting full-cycle ratio
(RFR) and diastolic pressure ratio (dPR) have been introduced to assess the functional …

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guided by coronary physiology provides
symptomatic benefit and improves patient outcomes. Nevertheless, over one-fourth of …

Although clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are improving,
the long-term risk for target vessel failure remains concerning. Although the application of …

Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) has recently been replaced by a new entity described
as chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). This new entity has been developed based on a …

Fractional flow reserve is the current invasive gold standard for assessing the ischemic
potential of an angiographically intermediate coronary stenosis. Procedural cost and time …