In vitro and in vivo studies on thermistor-based intracoronary temperature measurements: Effect of pressure and flow

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-230

  Cuisset, Thomas ^a   Beauloye, Christophe ^a   Melikian, Narbeh ^a   Hamilos, Michalis ^a   Sarma, Jaydeep ^a   Sarno, Giovanna ^a   Naslund, Maria ^b   Smith, Leif ^b   Van de Vosse, Frans ^c   Pijls, Nico H J ^c   De Bruyne, Bernard ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Radi Medical Systems AB   (Sweden)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACS; Acute coronary syndrome; CATH; CFLO; Coronary flow; Diagnostic cardiac catheterization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMISTOR;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTA; ARTIFACTS; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60649094976     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21780     Document Type: Article

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