Fractional flow reserve versus angiography in guiding management to optimize outcomes in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (FAMOUS-NSTEMI): rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial.

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Published in Am Heart J on August 27, 2013

Authors

Colin Berry1, Jamie Layland, Arvind Sood, Nick P Curzen, Kanarath P Balachandran, Raj Das, Shahid Junejo, Robert A Henderson, Andrew H Briggs, Ian Ford, Keith G Oldroyd

Author Affiliations

1: West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom; BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Electronic address: colin.berry@glasgow.ac.uk.

Associated clinical trials:

Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiographically Guided Management to Optimise Outcomes in Unstable Coronary Syndromes (FAMOUS NSTEMI) | NCT01764334

FAMOUS-NSTEMI MRI Sub-Study | NCT02073422

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