Mahmoud Kamel Ahmed Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Diastolic dysfunction, Heart failure, Cardiac surgery
Mahmoud Kamel Ahmed Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menofia Governorate, Egypt.
Mahmoud Kamel Ahmed
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menofia Governorate, Egypt, his latest publication inviolves A comparative study between transthoracic and transesophageal echo modalities in evaluation of left ventricular deformation.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Mahmoud Kamel Ahmed, Ahmed Abdel Azeez Emara, Morad Beshay Mena and Mostafa Abdel Aty Melegy
Abstract
Objective: To assess intermediate coronary artery lesions by 2D and 3D Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA) and compare the results with standard fractional flow reserve (FFR).
Background: FFR is the standard for assessment of physiological significance of an intermediate coronary stenosis, but it expensive, sometimes it is unavailable, or limited use by contraindications to adenosine, QCA especially three-dimensional (3D-QCA) can be used as another method to help in assessment of the intermediate coronary lesions.
Patients and methods: Thirty two vessels in 30 patients with intermediate coronary lesions were scheduled for FFR, 2D and 3D QCA measurement and the results of QCA were c... view moreĀ»