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Prognostic value of transthoracic coronary flow reserve in medically treated patients with proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis of intermediate severity

P. Meimoun, Tahar Benali, F. Elmkies, Smaïn Sayah, A. Luycx-Bore, Luc Doutrelan, Z. Hamdane, J. Boulanger, Christophe Tribouilloy

European Journal of Echocardiography · 2008 · 38 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

In patients with proximal LAD stenosis of intermediate severity and T-CFR>2, deferral of revascularization is associated with low event rate.

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ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention—Summary Article

Sidney C. Smith, Ted Feldman, John W. Hirshfeld et al. · Circulation · 2006 · 2.2K citations

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Safety and Efficacy of Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stents

Gregg W. Stone, Jeffrey W. Moses, Stephen G. Ellis et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Does Visual Interpretation of the Coronary Arteriogram Predict the Physiologic Importance of a Coronary Stenosis?

Carl W. White, Creighton B. Wright, Donald B. Doty et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1984 · 1.2K citations

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Fractional Flow Reserve to Determine the Appropriateness of Angioplasty in Moderate Coronary Stenosis

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ACC/AHA/SCAI Practice Guidelines, February 21, 2006

Sidney C. Smith, Ted Feldman · Circulation · 2006 · 425 citations · Full text