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Table 3 Pressure head drop at different points for 60% stenosis

From: Effect of guidewire insertion in fractional flow reserve procedure for real geometry using computational fluid dynamics

 

Upstream the stenosis

Stenosis throat

Downstream the stenosis

Without guidewire

− 6.9

− 108.4

− 79.3

Full position guidewire

− 9.6

− 123.4

− 81

During insertion guidewire

− 7.5

− 103.2

− 81