Jozef Bartúnek

2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

International audience

Fractional Flow Reserve to Determine the Appropriateness of Angioplasty in Moderate Coronary Stenosis

Background —PTCA of a coronary stenosis without documented ischemia at noninvasive stress testing is often performed, but its benefit is unproven. Coronary pressure–derived frac...

Significance of Intermediate Values of Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Background— The fractional flow reserve (FFR) value of 0.75 has been validated against ischemic testing, whereas the FFR value of 0.80 has been widely accepted to guide clinical...

Long-Term Follow-Up After Deferral of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty of Intermediate Stenosis on the Basis of Coronary Pressure Measurement 11This study was supported in part by Grant 95001 from the “Stichting Vrienden van het Hart” (Friends of the Heart Foundation), Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided Treatment in Patients With Angiographically Equivocal Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis

Background— Significant left main coronary artery stenosis is an accepted indication for surgical revascularization. The potential of angiography to evaluate the hemodynamic sev...