Transthoracic echocardiography for non-invasive assessment of coronary vasodilator function after DES implantation

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1029-1034

  Varho, Ville ^a   Karjalainen, Pasi P ^b   Ylitalo, Antti ^b   Airaksinen, Juhani K ^a   Mikkelsson, Jussi ^b   Sia, Jussi ^c   Pietilä, Mikko ^a   Kiviniemi, Tuomas O ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Central Ostrobothnia Hospital District   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Drug eluting stent; Index of microcirculatory resistance; Thermodilution

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; THERMODILUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIROLIMUS; THERMODILUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION;

EID: 84906860243     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu059     Document Type: Article

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