Assessing left main disease with FFR-CT and its challenges

Jessica Poon^{1

2}, Tsz Yu Law¹, Yan Wing Ivonne Ho¹, Ming-Yen Ng^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Department of Medicine, Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. myng2@hku.hk.
⁴ Department of Medical Imaging, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China. myng2@hku.hk.

Editorial

Jessica Poon et al. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;37(11):3309-3311.

doi: 10.1007/s10554-021-02404-y. Epub 2021 Sep 6.

Jessica Poon^{1

2}, Tsz Yu Law¹, Yan Wing Ivonne Ho¹, Ming-Yen Ng^{3

4}

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Department of Medicine, Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. myng2@hku.hk.
⁴ Department of Medical Imaging, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China. myng2@hku.hk.

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