Fewer Stents, Less Spending: Fractional Flow Reserve Cost Savings Validated

Performing a percutaneous coronary intervention on a patient and providing one year of follow-up care costs, on average, $2,385 less if fractional flow reserve screening is used along with standard coronary angiography to help guide stent placement, researchers concluded in the Dec. 14 issue of the journal Circulation. What's more, outcomes are significantly better using FFR.