Comparison of vessel geometry in bifurcation between normal and diseased segments: Intravascular ultrasound analysis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-331

  Hahn, Joo Yong ^a   Gwon, Hyeon Cheol ^a   Kwon, Sung Uk ^a   Choi, Seung Hyuk ^a   Choi, Jin Ho ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Hong, Kyung Pyo ^a   Park, Jeong Euy ^a   Kim, Duk Kyung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Coronary artery; Geometry; Murray's law; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 56649106682     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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