Coronary flow: Clinical considerations

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-363

  Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a   Manginas, A ^b   Voudris, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GAS ANALYSIS; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODILUTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0037381048     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.4.361     Document Type: Review

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