Coronary flow velocity reserve in the three main coronary arteries assessed with transthoracic doppler: A comparative study with quantitative coronary angiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 758-767

  Vegsundvåg, Johnny ^a   Holte, Espen ^a   Wiseth, Rune ^b,c   Hegbom, Knut ^c   Hole, Torstein ^a,b  

^a Alesund Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959540439     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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