Instantaneous wave-free ratio: Numerically different, but diagnostically superior to FFR? Is lower always better?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 566-

  Sen, Sayan ^a   Nijjer, Sukhjinder ^b   Petraco, Ricardo ^b   Malik, Iqbal S ^b   Francis, Darrel P ^b   Davies, Justin ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPICARDIUM; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HYPEREMIA; HYPEREMIC STENOSIS RESISTANCE; INSTANTANEOUS WAVE FREE RATIO ALGORITHM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 84881107656     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.076     Document Type: Letter

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