Hemodynamic and intravascular ultrasound assessment of an ambiguous left main coronary artery stenosis

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 721-730

  Leesar, Massoud A ^a,c   Mintz, Gary S ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography coronary; Hemodynamics; Intravascular ultrasound; Left main coronary disease

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 36349010141     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21286     Document Type: Review

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