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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:1547-1551
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Supplement: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Intravascular imaging and physiologic lesion assessment to define critical coronary stenoses

Luis Gruberg, MDa, Gary S. Mintz, MDa, Lowell F. Satler, MDa, Kenneth M. Kent, MDa, Augusto D. Pichard, MDa, Martin B. Leon, MDa

a Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Mintz, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, 110 Irving St, NW, Suite 4B-1, Washington, DC 20010;
e-mail: gsm1{at}mhg.edu

Presented at Evolving Techniques and Technologies in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, San Antonio, TX, Jan 22–23, 1999.

Abstract

Despite the fact that the coronary angiogram is the gold-standard in assessing a coronary artery stenosis for the purposes of clinical decision making, it has many limitations. Alternative methods are available. This article discusses three of these: intravascular ultrasound, coronary flow reserve, and fractional flow reserve.






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