Fractional flow reserve: A new paradigm for diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease

Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Hakeem, Abdul ^a   Mouhamad, Abdallah ^a   Leesar, Massoud A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

fractional flow reserve; intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857621026     PISSN: 17555302     EISSN: 17555310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ica.11.82     Document Type: Review

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