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FFR Technologies
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for fractional flow reserve (FFR) wires, catheters and systems used to measure blood flow across a coronary lesion to determine if a stent is needed or if the plaque stenosis can be treated medically. The section includes iFR, instantaneous wave-free ratio, systems used in the cath lab and noninvasive FFR technologies including computed tomography-FFR. This is also referred to as CT-FFR or FFR-CT.
Feature | Dave Fornell
My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology and trends. With ...
February 04, 2013
My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology and trends. With ...
February 04, 2013Sponsored Content
Case Study | Baylor Scott and White Heart Hospital
While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...
May 05, 2023January 11, 2013 — Guided Interventions LLC, a startup company developing new, easier to use fractional flow reserve ...
January 11, 2013
December 26, 2012 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the first patient enrollment in its ILUMIEN I clinical study. The ...
December 26, 2012
The results of the FAME II Trial were presented at the 2012 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting. The ...
November 07, 2012
Feature | By Dave Fornell
Hospitals constantly try to predict what the future holds when planning new facilities and equipment purchases that will ...
November 06, 2012
October 30, 2012 — Fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided treatment was shown to be cost effective for guiding coronary ...
October 30, 2012
September 17, 2012 — The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced the late-breaking trials and first report ...
September 17, 2012
September 11, 2012 — Data presented at the 2012 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Munich, Germany, from ...
September 11, 2012
September 7, 2012 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced results of the FAME II trial demonstrating that patients with fracti ...
September 07, 2012
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell
Trends and new technology for cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) were highlighted during the 2012 Society of ...
July 30, 2012May 24, 2012 — Volcano Corp. provided an overview of data from multiple ground-breaking clinical trials presented last ...
May 24, 2012May 21, 2012 -- St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that data from the FAME II trial demonstrated a significant difference ...
May 21, 2012April 23, 2012 - Abbott and St. Jude Medical announced ChoiceAlliance, a multi-year joint initiative that provides ...
April 23, 2012