Diagnostic performance of CT-derived fractional flow reserve across coronary lesion morphologies: a prospective multicenter study.

N. Zhao Y. An Lei Song T. Jiang Li Xu Hong-Jie Hu Lin Li Wenqiang Chen Dumin Li Feng Zhang Li-Juan Fan Yang Gao B. Lu

Aug 2026 · The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging · 0 citations · 23 references

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CT-FFR demonstrated reliable diagnostic performance across most evaluated coronary lesion morphologies, however, the lower NPV observed in bifurcation lesions suggests that negative CT-FFR findings in this setting should be interpreted with greater caution.

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