Normalization of Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve with Successful Intracoronary Stent Placement to a Myocardial Bridge

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-36

  Kurtoglu, Nuri ^a,b   Mutlu, Bülent ^a   Soydinc, Serdar ^a   Tanalp, Cevat ^a   Izgi, Akin ^a   Dagdelen, Sinan ^a   Bakkal, R Bengi ^a   Dindar, Ismet ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CORONARY STENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; STENTS;

EID: 1542283600     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2004.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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