Influence of Routine Assessment of Fractional Flow Reserve on Decision Making During Coronary Interventions

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-508

  Sant'Anna, Fernando M ^a,b   Silva, Expedito E R ^b   Batista, Leonardo Alves ^a   Ventura, Fábio Machado ^a   Barrozo, Carlos Alberto Mussel ^a   Pijls, Nico H J ^c  

^a Santa Helena Heart Hospital   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33846836942     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.09.097     Document Type: Article

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