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FFR-guided PCI strategy showed significantly lower rate of composite end point of death, myocardial infarction, or urgent revascularization.(FAME2)

This trial was conducted at 28 locations and 1,220 patients who are with stenosis >50%, comparing PCI + medical therapy to medical therapy alone.
The 888 patients who are FFR<0,80 were randomly categorized in either group.

At 5 years, the patients FFR-guided PCI group showed significantly lower rate than medical therapy only group, for composite end point of death, myocardial infarction, or urgent revascularization.


For details of this study, please refer to the following site.
Five-Year Outcomes with PCI Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve(The New England journal of medicine)

.....To manage patients after treatment, high accuracy tests requires stress and invasion to the patients, such as catheter, contrast agent, radiation and excersize.

MCG is the test to detect abnormality of heart cell without any invasion.
It is useful for long term monitoring of the patients who had surgery or events without invasion.
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