De Bruyne, Bernard; Pijls, Nico H J; Kalesan, Bindu; Barbato, Emanuele; Tonino, Pim A L; Piroth, Zsolt; Jagic, Nikola; Möbius-Winkler, Sven; Rioufol, Gilles; Witt, Nils; Kala, Petr; MacCarthy, Philip; Engström, Thomas; Oldroyd, Keith G; Mavromatis, Kreton; Manoharan, Ganesh; Verlee, Peter; Frobert, Ole; Curzen, Nick; Johnson, Jane B; ... (2012). Fractional flow reserve-guided PCI versus medical therapy in stable coronary disease. New England journal of medicine NEJM, 367(11), pp. 991-1001. Waltham, Mass.: Massachusetts Medical Society MMS 10.1056/NEJMoa1205361
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The preferred initial treatment for patients with stable coronary artery disease is the best available medical therapy. We hypothesized that in patients with functionally significant stenoses, as determined by measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plus the best available medical therapy would be superior to the best available medical therapy alone.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Kalesan, Bindu, Jüni, Peter |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
0028-4793 |
Publisher: |
Massachusetts Medical Society MMS |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:35 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:11 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1056/NEJMoa1205361 |
PubMed ID: |
22924638 |
Web of Science ID: |
000308649100005 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.13981 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/13981 (FactScience: 220702) |