An angiographic technique for coronary fractional flow reserve measurement: In vivo validation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 535-544

  Takarada, Shigeho ^a   Zhang, Zhang ^a,b   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Coronary angiography; Coronary blood flow; Fractional flow reserve

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; ATRIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879517720     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0119-0     Document Type: Article

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