Bringing it all together: Integration of physiology with anatomy during cardiac catheterization

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1219-1221

  Kleiman, Neal S ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary angiography; coronary artery disease; fractional flow reserve; percutaneous coronary intervention; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; FUNCTIONAL SYNTAX SCORE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 80052843734     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.06.019     Document Type: Editorial

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