Usefulness of Coronary Flow Reserve Measured by Echocardiography to Improve the Identification of Significant Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis Assessed by Multidetector Computed Tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-664

  Pizzuto, Francesco ^a   Voci, Paolo ^a   Bartolomucci, Francesco ^b   Puddu, Paolo Emilio ^c   Strippoli, Giovanni ^b   Broglia, Laura ^d   Rossi, Plinio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d S Giovanni Addolorata Calvary Hosp   (Italy)

^e Department of Radiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68849126963     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.044     Document Type: Article

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