PREDICTORS OF FFR UNDERUTILIZATION

Underutilization of paravertebral block in thoracic surgery.

a t i AIN AFTER thoracotomy and thoracoscopic surgery can cause patient distress, impair respiratory function, and deay recovery.1,2 Epidural analgesia is generally regarded as a tandard of care for patients undergoing thoracotomy,1,3 but pidural block is probably not warranted for less invasive horacic surgery. Sometimes, however, the extent of surgery is nclear until histopathology results ar...

The Underutilization of Nurses and Physician Assistants

On the underutilization of cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an exciting therapy that can treat patients with systolic heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction who have a wide QRS complex. Indications for its use have been refined and expanded based on recent clinical data and guidelines, yet the rate of new CRT implants in the United States has not changed much over the past 8 years. Many patients receivi...

Noninvasive FFR Derived From Coronary CT Angiography

Fro Un an Ca pa R0 Fe su an Ca Sa He oth OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine whether noninvasive fractional flow reserve derived from computed tomography (FFRCT) predicts coronary revascularization and outcomes and whether its addition improves efficiency of referral to invasive coronary angiography (ICA) after coronary computed tomography

Comparison between the Performance of PUSC and FFR Network

281 Abstract—This work is an approach to solve the limitations of WiMax with three operational band frequencies. As the license fee of the frequency band goes higher and not easy to get allotment, it is wise to look for solution to make effective use of the available band. This can be done by several features that will lead to a network to the peak of performance with limited resource. One of t...