Validation of coronary flow reserve measurements by thermodilution in clinical practice

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-223

  Barbato, Emanuele ^a   Aarnoudse, Wilbert ^b   Aengevaeren, Wim R ^c   Werner, Gerald ^d   Klauss, Volker ^e   Bojara, Waldemar ^f   Herzfeld, Istvan ^g   Oldroyd, Keith G ^h   Pijls, Nico H J ^b   De Bruyne, Bernard ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^g STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary flow reserve; Fractional flow reserve; Ischaemia; Thermodilution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THERMODILUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; THERMODILUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 10744223355     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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