Limitation of fractional flow reserve in evaluating coronary artery myocardial bridge

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Singh, Inder M ^a   Subbarao, Roopa A ^a   Sadanandan, Saihari ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stents; Fractional flow reserve; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ATENOLOL; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVASCULARIZATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PERICARDIUM; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43149101027     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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