Prospective use of an intravascular ultrasound-derived minimum lumen area cut-off value in the assessment of intermediate left main coronary artery lesions;Aplicación prospectiva de un valor de corte de área luminal mínima por ecografía intravascular en la evaluación de lesiones intermedias del tronco

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 811-816

  De La Torre Hernández, José M ^a   Ruiz Lera, Marta ^a   Fernández Friera, Leticia ^a   Ruisanchez, Cristina ^a   Sainz Laso, Fermín ^a   Zueco, Javier ^a   Figueroa, Álvaro ^a   Colman, Thierry ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Ischemia; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIA; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MINIMUM LUMEN CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; REVASCULARIZATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34548016132     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13108994     Document Type: Article

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