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First published online November 15, 2007, 10.2967/jnumed.107.044370
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Microvascular Function in Viable Myocardium After Chronic Infarction Does Not Influence Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements

Koen M. Marques1,2, Paul Knaapen1,2, Ronald Boellaard2,3, Adriaan A. Lammertsma2,3, Nico Westerhof2,4 and Frans C. Visser1,2

1 Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2 ICaR-VU, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3 Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and 4 Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


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FIGURE 1.  (A) Plot of relationship between RFR as assessed by PET and RFR as assessed by FFR. (B) Bland–Altman plot of FFR and RFR. Solid line represents mean difference; dashed lines represent 2 SDs from this mean.

 

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FIGURE 2.  Sensitivity and specificity curves for ability of FFR to detect ischemia by noninvasive stress testing.

 





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