Intravascular imaging tools in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Comprehensive assessment of anatomy and physiology

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-403

  Eshtehardi, Parham ^a   Luke, Jennifer ^a   McDaniel, Michael C ^a   Samady, Habib ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Intravascular imaging; Microvasculature; Physiology; Ultrasound; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CORONARY WALL SHEAR STRESS PROFILING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPICARDIUM; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PALPOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANGIOSCOPY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79960451600     PISSN: 19375387     EISSN: 19375395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12265-011-9272-4     Document Type: Article

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