How good are experienced interventional cardiologists at predicting the functional significance of intermediate or equivocal left main coronary artery stenoses?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-261

  Lindstaedt, Michael ^a   Spiecker, Martin ^b   Perings, Christian ^c   Lawo, Thomas ^a   Yazar, Aydan ^a   Holland Letz, Tim ^d   Muegge, Andreas ^a,b   Bojara, Waldemar ^a   Germing, Alfried ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Coronary physiology; Fractional flow reserve; Interobserver agreement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447258568     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.220     Document Type: Article

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