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In this study, patients with previous coronary stent implantation who underwent CCTA using PCCT and subsequent invasive catheter angiography (ICA) were included. Stent characteristics such as location and length were reported. CT-FFR measurements were taken 1.8 cm before and after the stent, with a value of \u22640.80 defined as hemodynamically significant under respecting the diagnostic accuracy drop in the gray zone between 0.76 and 0.80. Delta CT-FFR with a cut-off value of \u22650.06, indicating hemodynamic significance, was determined. Any ISR and interventional treatment during the following ICA was recorded. Diagnostic performance metrics, including sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV), were calculated for post-stent CT-FFR and Delta CT-FFR in detecting ISR. Patients were followed up to evaluate the rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) 6 months after CCTA. A total of 19 patients (5 female, 14 male, median age 69 years) were enrolled in this study. In most cases, coronary stents were located in the proximal LAD with a median stent length of 70.2 mm. Pathological CT-FFR &lt; 0.76 distal to the stent was detected in 6 cases (31.6%), while pathological Delta CT-FFR \u2265 0.06 occurred in 14 cases (73.7%). ICA was performed in three of these patients, with ISR confirmed in two cases. These findings yield sensitivity and NPV of 100% for both post-stent CT-FFR and Delta CT-FFR for excluding ISR with a superior specificity (76.5% vs. 29.4%) and overall diagnostic accuracy (78.9% vs. 36.8%) for post-stent CT-FFR. Two patients reported a myocardial infarction in follow-up; however, neither of them was located in the territory of the stented coronary artery. This study outlines the feasibility of on-site CT-FFR analysis using PCCT in excluding ISR in coronary stents with a high diagnostic accuracy. 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