Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is the gold standard to guide coronary interventions. However it can only be obtained via invasive angiography. The objective of this study is to propose a noninvasive method to determine FF R CT by combining computed tomography angiographic (CTA) images and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique. Utilizing the method, this study explored the effects of diameter stenosis (DS), stenosis length, and location on FF R CT. The baseline left anterior descending (LAD) model was reconstructed from CTA of a healthy porcine heart. A series of models were created by adding an idealized stenosis (with DS from 45% to 75%, stenosis length from 4 mm to 16 mm, and at 4 locations separately). Through numerical simulations, it was found that FF R CT decreased (from 0.89 to 0.74), when DS increased (from 45% to 75%). Similarly, FF R CT decreased with the increase of stenosis length and the stenosis located at proximal position had lower FF R CT than that at distal position. These findings are consistent with clinical observations. Applying the same method on two patients' CTA images yielded FF R CT close to the FFR values obtained via invasive angiography. The proposed noninvasive computation of FF R CT is promising for clinical diagnosis of CAD. © 2014 Jun-Mei Zhang et al.
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J.-M., Z., L., Z., T., L., Y., H., S.Y., T., A.S.L., W., … R.S., T. (2014). Numerical simulation and clinical implications of stenosis in coronary blood flow. BioMed Research International, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.embase.com/search/results?subaction=viewrecord&from=export&id=L373429055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/514729
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