Assessing intermediate coronary lesions: Angiographic prediction of lesion severity on intravascular ultrasound

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 412-416

  Fernandes, Marlos R ^a,b,c   Silva, Guilherme V ^b   Caixeta, Adriano ^a   Rati, Miguel ^a   De Sousa E Silva, Nelson A ^c   Perin, Emerson C ^b  

^a Rede d'Or de Hospitais   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; STUDENT T TEST;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34848861410     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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