How much flow is enough: the use of fractional flow reserve in chronic limb-threatening ischemia in a series of patients with isolated occlusive tibial disease

Zain Ahmed, MD, MPH; Mario Ochoa-Prieto, MD; Aneil Bhalla, MD; David S. Strosberg, MD; Alan Dardik, MD, PhD; S. Elissa Altin, MD

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Dec 2023)

How much flow is enough: the use of fractional flow reserve in chronic limb-threatening ischemia in a series of patients with isolated occlusive tibial disease

Zain Ahmed, MD, MPH,
Mario Ochoa-Prieto, MD,
Aneil Bhalla, MD,
David S. Strosberg, MD,
Alan Dardik, MD, PhD,
S. Elissa Altin, MD

Affiliations

Zain Ahmed, MD, MPH: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Mario Ochoa-Prieto, MD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Aneil Bhalla, MD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
David S. Strosberg, MD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Division of Cardiology, West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT
Alan Dardik, MD, PhD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Division of Cardiology, West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT
S. Elissa Altin, MD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Division of Cardiology, West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT; Correspondence: S. Elissa Altin, MD, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 789 Howard Ave, New Haven, CT 06519

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
p. 101017

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The role of the fractional flow reserve to guide lower extremity peripheral vascular intervention, specifically in chronic limb-threatening ischemia, has remained unclear. This series presents a novel use of the fractional flow reserve in four patients to guide lower extremity endovascular interventions in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-vascular-surgery-cases-innovations-and-techniques

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