The role of fractional flow reserve to guide stent implantation

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Mangiacapra, F ^a   Serafino, L D I ^a   Barbato, E ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary stenosis; Fractional flow reserve, myocardial; Myocardial revascularization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; STENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CORONARY STENOSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS;

EID: 79954469697     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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