Coronary circulation and interventional cardiology

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1735-1742

  Van Herck, P L ^a,c   Vrints, C J ^a   Carlier, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary circulation; Interventional cardiology; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MICROCIRCULATION;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29844456915     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-8778-9     Document Type: Article

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