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. 2021 Jun 25;17(3):229-232.
doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00074.

Safety of absolute coronary flow and microvascular resistance measurements by thermodilution

Daniëlle C J Keulards  1 , Marcel Van 't Veer, Jo M Zelis, Mohamed El Farissi, Frederik M Zimmermann, Annemiek de Vos, Koen Teeuwen, Guus R G Brueren, Inge F Wijnbergen, Pieter-Jan Vlaar, Pim A L Tonino, Nico H J Pijls
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Safety of absolute coronary flow and microvascular resistance measurements by thermodilution

Daniëlle C J Keulards et al. EuroIntervention. .
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Conflict of interest statement

N. Pijls reports institutional grants from Abbott and Hexacath, being a consultant for Abbott, Opsens, and GE, and holding minor equity in Philips, ASML and HeartFlow. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Procedural example. Normal RCA with FFR and absolute flow/resistance measurements. Extensive legend in Supplementary Appendix 1.
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