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Simultaneous intracoronary pressure and Doppler guidewires to assess coronary stenosis: If one is enough, are two too much?
Author(s) -
RuizSalmerón Rafael J.,
Goicolea Javier,
Sanmartín Marcelo,
Mantilla Ramón,
Sterling Juan,
Romeo Daniela
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10065
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , cardiology , doppler effect , pressure gradient , radiology , physics , astronomy , mechanics
We report a potential source of erroneous estimation of stenosis severity by pressure guidewire assessment. Simultaneous introduction of pressure and Doppler guidewires can lead to an overestimation of stenosis pressure gradient in the evaluation of intermediate stenosis. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;55:255–259. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.