Don't judge a book by its cover don't judge stenosis severity solely by intravascular ultrasound

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-8

  Johnson, Nils P ^a,b,c   Davidson, Charles J ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Weatherhead PET Center For Preventing and Reversing Atherosclerosis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79954431683     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.110.960708     Document Type: Editorial

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