Visual estimation or quantitative assessment of stenosis severity: Impact on the option for 'prima vista'-PTCA;Visuelle Einschatzung oder quantitative Vermessung von Koronarstenosen: Bedeutung fur die 'prima vista'-PTCA

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-195

  Stiel, G M ^a   Lund, G K ^a   Schaps, K P ^a   Lattermann, A ^a   Nienaber, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

diameter stenosis; 'prima vista' PTCA; coronary artery disease; diagnostic angiography; quantitative coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030943391     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050050     Document Type: Article

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