Ultrasonographic assessment of basal coronary flow as a screening tool to exclude significant left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 696-700

  Accadia, Maria ^a   Ascione, Luigi ^a   De Michele, Mario ^b,d   D'Andrea, Antonello ^c   Rumolo, Salvatore ^a   Sacra, Cosimo ^a   Scherillo, Marino ^c   Tuccillo, Bernardino ^a  

^a S Maria di Loreto Hospital   (Italy)

^b g Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary circulation; Echocardiography; Left anterior descending coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33748275876     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000243004.13041.67     Document Type: Article

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