Quantitative Coronary Angiography in Clinical Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Why and how should QCA systems be validated?....Pages 1-6
Accuracy and precision of quantitative digital coronary arteriography; observer-, as well as short- and medium-term variabilities....Pages 7-26
How reliable are geometric coronary measurements? In vitro and in vivo validation of digital and cinefilm-based quantitative coronary analysis systems....Pages 27-49
Validation of videodensitometry in the assessment of stenosis phantoms: an in vitro and in vivo study....Pages 51-68
Videodensitometry in percutaneous coronary interventions: a critical appraisal of its contributions and limitations....Pages 69-87
Post-angioplasty lesion measurement variability of the cardiovascular angiographic analysis system....Pages 89-102
Methodological problems with the quantitative angiographic assessment of elastic recoil, stretch and balloon-artery ratio....Pages 103-120
Experiences of a quantitative coronary angiographic core laboratory in restenosis prevention trials....Pages 121-135
Visual versus quantitative analysis of coronary artery stenoses treated by coronary angioplasty: can the angiographer’s eye be re-educated?....Pages 137-146
Intracoronary pressure measurements with a 0.015″ fluid-filled angioplasty guide wire....Pages 147-165
Measurement of coronary artery pressure and stenosis gradients — clinical applications....Pages 167-179
Application of coronary flow measurements to decision making in angioplasty....Pages 181-230
On-line versus off-line assessment of coronary flow reserve....Pages 231-242
Calculation of maximum coronory, myocardial, and collateral blood flow by pressure measurements in the coronary circulation....Pages 243-269
Comparison between fractional flow reserve calculation and quantitative coronary arteriography in a non-selected patient population....Pages 271-281
Assessment of coronary stenosis severity from simultaneous measurement of transstenotic pressure gradient and flow. A comparison with quantitative coronary angiography....Pages 283-306
Application of quantitative coronary angiography in the study of pharmacologically induced coronary vasomotion....Pages 307-316
Long-term responsiveness to intracoronary ergonovine in variant angina....Pages 317-328
Response of conductance and resistance coronary vessels to scalar concentrations of acetylcholine. Assessment with quantitative angiography and intracoronary Doppler in 29 patients with coronary artery disease....Pages 329-353
Angiographic evaluation of coronary bypass grafts vasomotion....Pages 355-369
Evaluation of thrombolytic and monoclonal platelet GPIIb/IIIa receptor antibody therapy in refractory unstable angina pectoris: correlation between quantitative assessment of coronary angiograms and clinical course....Pages 371-386
Clinical and quantitative angiographic results of a randomized trial comparing direct coronary angioplasty with intravenous streptokinase in acute myocardial infarction....Pages 387-396
Merits of quantitative coronary angiography after thrombolytic therapy for evolving myocardial infarction....Pages 397-414
Elastic recoil after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. A quantitative angiographic approach....Pages 415-431
The importance of coronary dissection during and after coronary balloon angioplasty as evaluated by quantitative coronary angiography....Pages 433-450
Quantitative coronary angiography for the evaluation of pharmacolgical restenosis prevention trials after successful percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty. The results of CARPORT and MERCATOR study....Pages 451-467
Quantitative coronary angiography in the assessment of risk factors for luminal renarrowing....Pages 469-493
Restenosis assessed by quantitative angiography. Lessons learned from two european multicenter trials....Pages 495-535
Evaluation of the clinical use of directional coronary atherectomy using quantitative coronary angiography....Pages 537-560
Rotational atherectomy....Pages 561-572
Critical appraisal of quantitative coronary angiography and endoluminal stent implantation....Pages 573-590
Excimer laser angioplasty....Pages 591-610
Evolving quantitative angiographic approaches to the comparative assessment of luminal renarrowing and longterm outcome after different transluminal coronary interventions....Pages 611-634
Progression or regression of coronary atherosclerosis: Assessment with quantitative coronary angiography....Pages 635-651
Coronary atherosclerosis intervention trials using serial quantitative angiography....Pages 653-665
Short- and long-term quantitative angiographic follow-up after cardiac transplantation....Pages 667-679
Does coronary lumen morphology influence vessel cross-sectional area estimation? An in vitro comparison of intravascular ultrasound and quantitative coronary angiography....Pages 681-693
Intravascular ultrasound: An evolving rival for quantitative coronary angiography....Pages 695-715
Back Matter....Pages 717-727