Use of coronary flow reserve to evaluate the physiologic significance of coronary artery disease

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 318, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-285

  Lerakis, Stamatios ^a   Barry, William L ^a   Stouffer, George A ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DOBUTAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033506533     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40632-9     Document Type: Article

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