Fractional flow reserve versus angiography in left circumflex ostial intervention after left main crossover stenting

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 304-307

  Nam, Chang Wook ^a   Hur, Seung Ho ^a   Koo, Bon Kwon ^b   Doh, Joon Hyung ^c   Cho, Yun Kyeong ^a   Park, Hyoung Seob ^a   Yoon, Hyuck Jun ^a   Kim, Hyungseop ^a   Chung, In Sung ^a   Kim, Yoon Nyun ^a   Fearon, William F ^d   Tahk, Seung Jae ^e   Kim, Kwon Bae ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary disease; Physiology; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OSTIAL LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY LESION; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 79960611465     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2011.41.6.304     Document Type: Article

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