Invasive assessment of the coronary microcirculation: Superior reproducibility and less hemodynamic dependence of index of microcirculatory resistance compared with coronary flow reserve

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2054-2061

  Ng, Martin K C ^a,b   Yeung, Alan C ^a   Fearon, William F ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Microcirculation; Pressure

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG INFUSION; EPICARDIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDEX OF MICROCIRCULATORY RESISTANCE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE; THERMODILUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOBUTAMINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMODILUTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33646446933     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.603522     Document Type: Article

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