On the search for an "easy" FFR: Submaximal hyperemia and NTG-induced translesional pressure drop (Pd/Pa-NTG)

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 270-272

  Kern, Morton J ^a   Seto, Arnold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NICORANDIL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE; REGADENOSON; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEADACHE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; NOTE; PD PA RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QT PROLONGATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECTS; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOSINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84959458747     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26419     Document Type: Note

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