Epicardial stenosis severity does not affect minimal microcirculatory resistance

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2137-2142

  Aarnoudse, Wilbert ^a,d   Fearon, William F ^b   Manoharan, Ganesh ^c   Geven, Maartje ^d   Van De Vosse, Frans ^d   Rutten, Marcel ^d   De Bruyne, Bernard ^c   Pijls, Nico H J ^a,d  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Microcirculation; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PRESSURE; THERMODILUTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 5644300859     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000143893.18451.0E     Document Type: Article

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