Comparison of invasively measured FFR with FFR derived from coronary CT angiography for detection of lesion-specific ischemia: Results from a PC-based prototype algorithm

Abstract Background We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a novel prototype for on-site determination of CT-based FFR (cFFR) on a standard personal computer (PC) compared to invasively measured FFR in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Methods A total of 91 vessels in 71 patients (mean age 65 ± 9 years) in whom coronary CT angiography had been performed due to suspicion of coronary artery disease, and who subsequently underwent invasive coronary angiography with FFR measurement were analyzed. For both cFFR and FFR, a threshold of ≤0.80 was used to indicate a hemodynamically relevant stenosis. The mean time needed to calculate cFFR was 12.4 ± 3.4 min. A very close correlation between cFFR and FFR could be shown (r = 0.85; p  Conclusion cFFR obtained using an on-site algorithm implemented on a standard PC shows high diagnostic accuracy to detect lesions causing ischemia as compared to FFR. Importantly, the time needed for analysis is short which may be useful for improving clinical workflow.