Bifurcation lesion assessment with advanced quantitative coronary angiography: A method still wanting

Morton J Kern; Arnold H Seto

doi:10.1002/ccd.27654

Bifurcation lesion assessment with advanced quantitative coronary angiography: A method still wanting

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Jun;91(7):1271-1272. doi: 10.1002/ccd.27654.

Authors

Morton J Kern^{1

2}, Arnold H Seto^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Veterans Administration Long Beach Health Care System, Long Beach, California.
² University of California, Irvine, California.

PMID: 29894591
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27654

Abstract

Bifurcations are particularly prone to errors in visual estimation of diameter stenosis. Dedicated bifurcation QCA software confirmed only 26-27% of side branch lesions visually estimated to have >50% DS. Validation against physiologic measures is necessary to determine whether bifurcation QCA software has value.

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Coronary Angiography
Coronary Stenosis*
Humans
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Reproducibility of Results
Software