Evaluation of Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis by Transthoracic Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 855-860

  Anjaneyulu, Anne ^a   Raghu, Krishnaswamy ^a   Chandramukhi, Sunehra ^a   Satyajit, Govindrao Mehetre ^a   Arramraja, Srinivaskumar ^a   Raghavaraju, Penumatsa ^a   Krishnamraju, Penmetcha ^a   Somaraju, Bhupathiraju ^a  

^a CARE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Coronary angio; Coronary stenosis; Left main coronary artery; Transthoracic echo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSAIC FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45849122500     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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