Hemodynamic evaluation of coronary artery bypass graft lesions using fractional flow reserve

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 479-485

  Aqel, Raed ^a,b,c   Zoghbi, Gilbert J ^a,b   Hage, Fadi ^a,b   Dell'Italia, Louis ^a,b   Iskandrian, Ami E ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass grafts; Coronary; Coronary flow; Hemodynamics; Quantitatives coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; LIPID; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149235428     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21675     Document Type: Article

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