Usefulness of fractional flow reserve for risk stratification of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease and an intermediate stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-380

  Chamuleau, Steven A J ^a   Meuwissen, Martijn ^a   Koch, Karel T ^a   Van Eck Smit, Berthe L F ^a   Tio, Rene A ^b   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK; SAFETY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STENOSIS; STRATIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0037083239     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02255-X     Document Type: Article

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