A black and white response to the "gray zone" for fractional flow reserve measurements

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-228

  Johnson, Nils P ^b   Pijls, Nico H J ^b   De Bruyne, Bernard ^b   Bech, G Jan Willem ^b   Kirkeeide, Richard L ^b   Gould, K Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY PRESSURE GUIDE WIRE; LETTER; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84894370062     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.06.018     Document Type: Letter

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