Coronary pressure notch: An early non-hyperemic visual indicator of the physiologic significance of a coronary artery stenosis

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 617-620

  Holmes, David ^a   Velappan, Priya ^a   Kern, Morton J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PULSE WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; WAVEFORM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 8844219629     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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