Is discordance of coronary flow reserve and fractional flow reserve due to methodology or clinically relevant coronary pathophysiology?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-202

  Johnson, Nils P ^a   Kirkeeide, Richard L ^a   Gould, K Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

absolute flow quantification; coronary flow reserve; fractional flow reserve; physiology; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857094165     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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