Coronary pressure measurement identifies patients with diffuse coronary artery disease who benefit from coronary revascularization

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-86

  Iwasaki, Kohichiro ^a   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA KYOKUTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary pressure measurement; Diffuse coronary artery disease; Pressure drop pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955033412     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32834236e1     Document Type: Article

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