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Fractional flow reserve for guiding coronary intervention and functional SYNTAX score

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indicates inducible ischemia while an FFR above 0.80 excludes ischemia in 90% of cases. FAME study showed that at one year follow up, rate of major adverse coronary events was reduced by approximately 30% by routinely measuring FFR. There is a strong correlation between FFR and inducible myocardial ischemia. in the study.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

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The diagnostic coronary angiogram identified only minimal coronary artery disease, but there was a severely calcified, ‘immobile’ aortic valve. DISCUSSION: The 12-lead EKG EMS initially obtained for this patient showed severe ischemia, with profound "infero-lateral" ST depression and reciprocal ST elevation in lead aVR.