Resting versus vasodilated pressure gradients in assessing stenosis severity

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¹ Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: f-klocke@northwestern.edu.

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Francis J Klocke. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014.

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. 2014 Apr 8;63(13):1262-1263.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.015. Epub 2013 Nov 6.

¹ Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: f-klocke@northwestern.edu.

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Keywords: fractional flow reserve; resting versus vasodilated stenosis assessment; stenosis fluid dynamics.

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