Cardiometrics FloWire predicts higher risk of post-PTCA events -- study.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CARDIOMETRICS FLOWIRE PREDICTS HIGHER RISK OF MAJOR REPEAT EVENTS at six months post-angioplasty, Patrick Serruys, MD, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, reported Nov. 14 at the American Heart Association scientific sessions in Anaheim, California. Patients assessed by the Cardiometrics doppler guidewire as having low coronary flow reserve (CFR) following angioplasty had approximately 50% greater chance of suffering a major event, he said.