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Fractional Flow Reserve: Comparison between Invasive and Non-invasive Methods for Calculation of FFR

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.28-2-2018.154146,
    author={S. Starcevic and S. Djorovic and N. Filipovic},
    title={Fractional Flow Reserve: Comparison between Invasive and Non-invasive Methods for Calculation of FFR},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology},
    volume={4},
    number={13},
    publisher={EAI},
    journal_a={PHAT},
    year={2018},
    month={2},
    keywords={fractional flow reserve, stenosis, lesion, angiography.},
    doi={10.4108/eai.28-2-2018.154146}
}
  • S. Starcevic
    S. Djorovic
    N. Filipovic
    Year: 2018
    Fractional Flow Reserve: Comparison between Invasive and Non-invasive Methods for Calculation of FFR
    PHAT
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-2-2018.154146
S. Starcevic1,*, S. Djorovic1, N. Filipovic1
  • 1: Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia; BioIRC Research and Development Center of Bioengineering, Kragujevac, Serbia
*Contact email: strahinja.straya@gmail.com

Abstract

The heart disease that affects millions of people worldwide is coronary artery disease. It is caused by a narrowing or blocking of the arteries due to plaque which restricts blood flow, and reduces the amount of oxygen to the heart. Angiogram as a tool, which represents an X-ray examination of the blood vessels in the heart, is traditional tool that aid physicians in the treatment of disease. The severity of blood flow blockages in the coronary arteries is indicated by a fractional flow reserve (FFR) and allows physicians to identify which specific lesion or lesions are responsible for patient ischemia. In this paper, the mathematical model for measuring FFR is derived, and compared with results that were obtained from simulations and angiographically based methods. This analytical model and simulations help to measure values of FFR, by non-invasive methods, only by using reconstructed geometries of coronary arteries with stenosis.

Keywords
fractional flow reserve, stenosis, lesion, angiography.
Received
2017-06-13
Accepted
2017-12-02
Published
2018-02-28
Publisher
EAI
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.28-2-2018.154146

Copyright © 2018 S. Starcevic et al., licensed to EAI. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.