The prognostic value of combined fractional flow reserve and TIMI frame count measurements in patients with stable angina pectoris and acute coronary syndrome

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-428

  Esen, Ali M ^a   Acar, Goksel ^a   Esen, Ozlem ^b   Emiroglu, Yunus ^a   Akcakoyun, Mustafa ^a   Pala, Selcuk ^a   Karapinar, Hekim ^c   Kargin, Ramazan ^a   Barutcu, Irfan ^d   Turkmen, Muhsin ^a  

^a Kartal Ko uyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Avicenna Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77957738705     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2010.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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