Coronary flow is not that simple!

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 761-762

  Spaan, J A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 65549108306     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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