DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCES OF CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IN THE EVALUATION OF ISCHEMIA CAUSING CORONARY STENOSIS BY FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE: DIRECT COMPARISON AMONG IMAGING VERSUS PHYSIOLOGY
Background Invasive coronary angiography (CAG) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) have been widely used in anatomical lesion assessment and fractional flow reserve (FFR) in physiologic assessment of the coronary artery disease (CAD).
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Published in | Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 59; no. 13; p. E1206 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York
Elsevier Inc
27.03.2012
Elsevier Limited |
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Summary: | Background Invasive coronary angiography (CAG) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) have been widely used in anatomical lesion assessment and fractional flow reserve (FFR) in physiologic assessment of the coronary artery disease (CAD). |
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ISSN: | 0735-1097 1558-3597 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0735-1097(12)61207-8 |