Disturbed coronary hemodynamics in vessels with intermediate stenoses evaluated with fractional flow reserve a combined analysis of epicardial and microcirculatory involvement in ischemic heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2557-2566

  Echavarria Pinto, Mauro ^a,b   Escaned, Javier ^a,b   Macías, Enrico ^a   Medina, Miguel ^a   Gonzalo, Nieves ^a   Petraco, Ricardo ^c   Sen, Sayan ^c   Jimenez Quevedo, Pilar ^a   Hernandez, Rosana ^a   Mila, Rafael ^a   Ibañez, Borja ^a,b   Nuñez Gil, Ivan J ^a   Fernández, Cristina ^a   Alfonso, Fernando ^a   Bañuelos, Camino ^a   García, Eulogio ^a   Davies, Justin ^c   Fernández Ortiz, Antonio ^a,b   Macaya, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Microcirculation; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GENSINI SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 84890977389     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.001345     Document Type: Article

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