Quantitative coronary angiography in the current era: Principles and applications

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 527-536

  Garrone, Paolo ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^a   Salvetti, Ilaria ^a   Sina, Noemi ^a   Sheiban, Imad ^a   Stella, Peter R ^b   Agostoni, Pierfrancesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; SIROLIMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 71149110474     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2009.00491.x     Document Type: Review

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