Practical tips and tricks for the measurement of fractional flow reserve

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 978-985

  Sharif, Faisal ^a   Trana, Catalina ^a   Muller, Olivier ^a   De Bruyne, Bernard ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

coronary pressure measurement; fractional flow reserve; practical set up of FFR

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; REVIEW;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY STENOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78649656819     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22603     Document Type: Review

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