Improved Cardiac Risk Assessment With Noninvasive Measures of Coronary Flow Reserve
Author(s) -
Venkatesh L. Murthy,
Masanao Naya,
Courtney Foster,
Jon Hainer,
Mariya Gaber,
G Carli,
Ron Blankstein,
Sharmila Dorbala,
Arkadiusz Sitek,
Michael Pencina,
Marcelo F. Di Carli
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.050427
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary flow reserve , cardiology , fractional flow reserve , risk assessment , coronary artery disease , myocardial infarction , coronary angiography , computer security , computer science
Impaired vasodilator function is an early manifestation of coronary artery disease and may precede angiographic stenosis. It is unknown whether noninvasive assessment of coronary vasodilator function in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease carries incremental prognostic significance.
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