Coronary microcirculatory resistance is independent of epicardial stenosis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Yong, Andy S C ^a,b   Ho, Michael ^a   Shah, Maulik G ^a   Ng, Martin K C ^b   Fearon, William F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Index of microcirculatory resistance; Microvascular function; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EPICARDIAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATORY RESISTANCE INDEX; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS;

AGED; ANGINA, STABLE; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84860852993     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.966556     Document Type: Article

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