Coronary Flow Reserve-Measurement and Application
Subtitle: Focus on Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography (Basic Science for the Cardiologist)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781402072130
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Cardiovascular System Physiology; Medical / Nursing; Ultrasonography; Medical; Measurement; Cardiology; Medical / Cardiology; Science; Coronary Heart Disease; Coronary circulation; Diagnosis; Doppler echocardiography
First sentence: Blood flow (Q) in the coronary circulation depends on the coronary perfusion (driving) pressure (P) and the resistance (R) offered by the coronary vascular bed.