Importance of different techniques in assessing the significance of coronary stenosis

Atherosclerosis is a diffuse arterial disease, discontinuously distributed, that is not always linear in its pathophysiological significance. Starting with a paradigmatic clinical case, we review the hemodynamic techniques that are currently available for the assessment of this condition. We present...

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Main Authors: Tiago Godinho Teixeira, Joana Silva, Paula Mota, A.M. Leitão-Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204911700071