Posted on 1/8/2019
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a measurement of the blood pressure before and after a narrowing of an artery. The larger the difference in the pressure across the stenosis, the more need there is to perform an interventional procedure to open up the artery.
Normally, FFR is measured using a special intravascular catheter and this is now quite common. Nevertheless, traditional FFR involves its own procedural risks, takes a good deal of time to perform, and adds substantial costs.
CathWorks, a company with offices in Israel and California, has just won FDA clearance for its FFRangio system, a non-invasive alternative to tr...