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ArticleClinical cardiology2021

Clinical implication of quantitative flow ratio to predict clinical events after drug-coated balloon angioplasty in patients with in-stent restenosis.

Jiani Tang, Hanjing Hou, Jiapeng Chu, Fei Chen, Yian Yao, Yanhua Gao, Zi Ye, Shaowei Zhuang, Yan Lai, Xuebo Liu

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Article in Clinical cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Prognostic Value of Computational Pressure-Flow Dynamics Derived FFR Measured Immediately After Successful Paclitaxel‑Coated Balloon Angioplasty for In-Stent Restenosis Lesion.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2026
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  4. The Predictive Value of Quantitative Flow Ratio and Its Derived Angiographic Microvascular Resistance for Restenosis Following Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jiani TangDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hanjing HouDepartment of Cardiology, Seventh People's Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jiapeng ChuDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Fei ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yian YaoDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yanhua GaoDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zi YeDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shaowei ZhuangDepartment of Cardiology, Seventh People's Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yan LaiDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xuebo LiuDepartment of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-8960
Tongji University · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81670403Shanghai Municipal Health Commission 2019LJ10Shanghai Science and Technology Committee 18411950300Shanghai Science and Technology Committee 19411963200Shanghai Science and Technology Committee 19XD1403300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association between the quantitative flow ratio (QFR) and adverse events after drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty for in-stent restenosis (ISR) lesions has not been investigated. HYPOTHESIS: Post-procedural QFR is related to adverse events in patients undergoing DCB angioplasty for ISR lesions.

methodsThis retrospective study included data from patients undergoing DCB angioplasty for drug-eluting stent (DES) ISR between January 2016 and February 2019. The QFR was measured at baseline and after DCB angioplasty. The endpoint was the vessel-oriented composite endpoint (VOCE), defined as a composite of cardiac death, vessel-related myocardial infarction, and ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization.

resultsOverall, 177 patients with 185 DES-ISR lesions were included. During 1-year follow-up, 27 VOCEs occurred in 26 patients. The area under curve (AUC) of the post-procedural QFR was statistically greater than that of the in-stent percent diameter stenosis (0.77, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.67-0.87 vs. 0.64, 95% CI 0.53-0.75; p = .032). Final QFR cutoff of 0.94 has the best predictive accuracy for VOCE. A QFR > 0.94 was associated with a lower risk of VOCE compared to a QFR ≤ 0.94 (log-rank test, p < .0001). Survival analysis using the multivariable Cox model showed that a post-procedural QFR ≤ 0.94 was an independent predictor of 1-year VOCE (hazard ratio 6.53, 95% CI 2.70-15.8, p < .001).

conclusionsA lower QFR value was associated with worse clinical outcomes at 1 year after DCB angioplasty for DES-ISR.

Indexed as

Angioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary RestenosisDrug-Eluting StentsPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPharmaceutical PreparationsCoated Materials, BiocompatibleConstriction, PathologicHumansRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeCoated Materials, BiocompatiblePharmaceutical Preparationsdrug-coated balloonpercutaneous coronary interventionquantitative flow ratio

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PMID34009672
PMCPMC8259159
OpenAlexW3163243384

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