Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography for detection of stenoses in the left coronary artery by use of poststenotic coronary flow profiles: A comparison with quantitative coronary angiography and coronary flow reserve

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-85

  Holte, Espen ^a,b   Vegsundvåg, Johnny ^a   Hegbom, Knut ^b   Hole, Torstein ^a,c   Wiseth, Rune ^b,c  

^a Alesund Hospital   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84871395093     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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