CORONARY ARTERIAL PRESSURE EVALUATION

Course overview

CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE MEASUREMENT IS FUNDAMENTAL IN TREATING ANGIOGRAPHICALLY INTERMEDIATE LESIONS. INAPPROPRIATE PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) IN NON-FLOW LIMITING CORONARY STENOSIS CAN LEAD LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS OF STENT THROMBOSIS AND A POTENTIAL INCREASE IN MORTALITY. IT IS, THUS, IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION TO GUIDE CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS CORONARY ARTERIAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENT TOOLS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY TEAM IN IMPROVING THE CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING PCI.