Clinical value of echocardiographic assessment of coronary flow reserve after left anterior descending coronary artery stenting in an unselected population

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1254-1259

  Citro, Rodolfo ^a,g   Voci, Paolo ^b   Pizzuto, Francesco ^b   Maione, Anton Giulio ^a   Patella, Marco Mariano ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^c   Provenza, Gennaro ^a   Gregorio, Giovanni ^a   Mariano, Enrica ^b   Feinstein, Matthew ^d   Athanassopoulos, Georgeos ^e   Puddu, Paolo Emilio ^f  

^a San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

^b University of Rome â Tor Vergataâ   (Italy)

^c S Maria DellaOlmo Hospital   (Italy)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Coronary artery disease; Coronary flow reserve

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTENOSIS; STENT;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS;

EID: 59449084291     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328312954e     Document Type: Article

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