Coronary blood flow and flow reserve in aortic stenosis: Effect of aortic valve therapy

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 379-381

  Skalidis, Emmanouil I ^a,b   Vardas, Panos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Coronary blood flow; Coronary flow reserve

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MICROCIRCULATION; MORTALITY; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 57149118066     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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