Measurement of fractional flow reserve to assess the functional severity of coronary-artery stenoses

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 26, 1996, Pages 1703-1708

  Pijls, Nico H J ^a   De Bruyne, Bernard ^b   Peels, Kathinka ^a   Van Der Voort, Pepijn H ^a   Bonnier, Hans J R M ^a   Bartunek, Jozef ^b   Koolen, Jacques J ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84889234768     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199606273342604     Document Type: Article

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