Routine pressure wire assessment at time of diagnostic angiography: is it ready for prime time?

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Lille, France (E.V.B.); EA2693, Lille-II-University, Lille, France (E.V.B.); Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France (G.R.); INSERM 1060 CARMEN, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France (G.R.); and Department of Cardiology, Hopital Privé d'Antony, Antony, France (P.D.).

Editorial

Eric Van Belle et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;7(2):139-41.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001415.

¹ From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Lille, France (E.V.B.); EA2693, Lille-II-University, Lille, France (E.V.B.); Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France (G.R.); INSERM 1060 CARMEN, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France (G.R.); and Department of Cardiology, Hopital Privé d'Antony, Antony, France (P.D.).

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Keywords: Editorials; coronary angiography; fractional flow reserve, myocardial.

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