Quantitative angiographic methods for bifurcation lesions: A consensus statement from the European bifurcation group. Shortcoming of the medina classification as a preferred classification for coronary artery bifurcation lesions in comparison to the movahed classification

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 817-818

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350614251     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22082     Document Type: Letter

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