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TCT-361 Heart Team Approach to CAD Management in Patients Undergoing Elective Vascular Surgery Who Have Asymptomatic Ischemia-producing Coronary Stenosis

Edgars ZellansAndrejs ĒRglisLigita ZvaigzneKarlis StrengeSanda JegereInga NarbuteDainis KrievinsChristopher K. ZarinsIndulis KumsarsKaspars KisisGustavs Latkovskis

subject

medicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryIschemiaCADFractional flow reserveVascular surgeryChest painmedicine.diseasePeripheralInternal medicineHeart teamcardiovascular systemmedicineCardiologyIn patientcardiovascular diseasesmedicine.symptomCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinebusiness

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Patients undergoing peripheral vascular surgery (PVS) are at increased risk of post-op MI/death due to unrecognized CAD. Coronary CTA-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) reliably identifies lesion-specific ischemia (LSI) in stable chest pain patients but has not been used in PVS patients. We

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-09-01Journal of the American College of Cardiology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.1512