Importance of diffuse atherosclerosis in the functional evaluation of coronary stenosis in the proximal-mid segment of a coronary artery by myocardial fractional flow reserve measurements

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-490

  Rodés Cabau, Josep ^a   Gutiérrez, Marcos ^a   Courtis, Javier ^a   Larose, Eric ^a   Déry, Jean Pierre ^a   Côté, Mélanie ^a   Nguyen, Can Mahn ^a   Gleeton, Onil ^a   Proulx, Guy ^a   Roy, Louis ^a   Noël, Bernard ^a   Barbeau, Gerald ^a   De Larochellière, Robert ^a   Rinfret, Stéphane ^a   Bertrand, Olivier F ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79960918933     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.03.073     Document Type: Article

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