Comparative validation of quantitative coronary angiography systems: Results and implications from a multicenter study using a standardized approach

Circulation

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 2174-2183

  Keane, David ^a   Haase, Jürgen ^a   Slager, Cornelis J ^a   Van Swijndregt, Eline Montauban ^a   Lehmann, Kenneth G ^a   Ozaki, Yukio ^a   Di Mario, Carlo ^a   Kirkeeide, Richard ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

angiography; coronary disease; stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0028911682     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.91.8.2174     Document Type: Article

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