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METHODS: Computation of FFR has been performed using both numerical and the analytical method. The numerical method employs CFD to solve the governing equations which relate to mass and momentum conservation (the continuity equation and the Navier-Stokes equations) as well as CCTA to generate the three-dimensional computational domain. After imposing the appropriate boundary conditions, the values of the pressure change are calculated and the FFR index is determined. Based on Bernoulli\u2019s law, the analytical method calculates the overall pressure drop across the stenosis in the coronary artery, enabling FFR determination. RESULTS: The clinical data for twenty patients who underwent invasive coronary angiography are used to validate the results obtained by using CFD (together with CCTA) simulation and analytical solution. The medically measured FFR compared to the analytical one differs by about 4%, while, the difference is about 2.6% when compared to the numerical FFR. For FFR values below 0.8 (which are considered to be associated with myocardial ischemia) the standard error has a value of 0.01201, while the standard deviation is 0.02081. For FFR values above 0.80, these values are slightly higher. Bland-Altman analysis showed that medical measurement and numerical FFR were in good agreement (SD = 0.0292, p&lt; 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The analytically calculated FFR has a slightly lower coefficient of determination than the numerically computed FFR when compared with experimental one. 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