May 18, 2011 – The world’s first system to integrate the functional and anatomical modalities of fractional flow reserve ...
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.

During a time when the U.S. healthcare reform is on the minds of many within the medical community, physicians and ...
September 22, 2010 - A new intravascular imaging system will be highlighted at the annual Transcatheter ...
While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...
September 21, 2010 - Patent infringement claims by St. Jude Medical Systems against the Volcano Corporation are ...
September 1, 2010 – The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) upgraded fractional flow reserve (FFR) to a class I ...
July 28, 2010 – This week St. Jude Medical filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Volcano Corp. over its ...
May 25, 2010 – A clinical trial will examine benefits of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided stenting with ...
May 24, 2010 – New intravascular imaging innovations, such as registered angiography and intravascular ultrasound ...
May 20, 2010 – A fractional flow reserve (FFR) guide wire gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
March 25, 2010 – Recognizing that a single database cardiovascular information system(CVIS) can streamline ...
March 22, 2010 – Fractional flow reserve (FFR) technology from Volcano Corp. now integrates with the FFR modules ...
March 17, 2010 – A new agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions expands access to the wireless PressureWire Aeris ...
February 23, 2010 – Hospitals using the McKesson Horizon Cardiology Hemo solution will now be able to use St. Jude ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Samady is an associate professor of medicine, division of cardiology,
Emory University School ...

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is starting to change cardiologists’ minds about how to treat patients since the ...