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Case Reports
. 2015 Jul-Aug;9(4):264-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.05.003. Epub 2015 May 14.

A "normal" invasive coronary angiogram may not be normal

Bjarne L Nørgaard  1 , Nicolaj C Hansson  2 , Evald H Christiansen  2 , Anne Kaltoft  2 , Hans Erik Bøtker  2 , Jens F Lassen  2 , Michael Mæng  2 , Jesper M Jensen  2
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A "normal" invasive coronary angiogram may not be normal

Bjarne L Nørgaard et al. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

In clinical practice, a normal or near-normal invasive coronary angiogram is considered to be reliable evidence for the absence of hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease. We present 2 patients with near-normal coronary angiograms who had noninvasive evidence of vessel-specific ischemia confirmed by invasive measurement of fractional flow reserve.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary plaque; Fractional flow reserve.

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