Assessing flow limitation in patients with stable coronary artery disease

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 355, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Townend, Jonathan N ^a   Ludman, Peter F ^a   Doshi, Sagar N ^a   Khan, Hamid ^a   Calvert, Patrick A ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACORONARY PRESSURE GUIDE WIRE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84992756748     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5534     Document Type: Editorial

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