Fractional flow reserve assessment to determine the indications for myocardial revascularisation in patients with borderline stenosis of the left main coronary artery

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 499-506

  Legutko, Jacek ^a   Dudek, Dariusz ^a   Rzeszutko, Łukasz ^a   Wizimirski, Marcin ^a   Dubiel, Jacek S ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Fractional flow reserve; Revascularisation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EVALUATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745383520     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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