Modeling of fractional flow reserve based on coronary CT angiography topical collection on cardiac PET, CT, and MRI

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Grunau, Gilat L ^a   Min, James K ^b   Leipsic, Jonathon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Coronary ct angiography; Fractional flow reserve

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84872768903     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-012-0336-0     Document Type: Article

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