Physiological and intravascular ultrasound assessment of an ambiguous left main coronary artery stenosis

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-357

  Leesar, Massoud A ^a   Masden, Ronald ^a   Jasti, Venu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional flow reserve; Intravascular ultrasound; Left main disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 3042779621     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20038     Document Type: Article

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