Expert Recommendations on the Assessment of Wall Shear Stress in Human Coronary Arteries: Existing Methodologies, Technical Considerations, and Clinical Applications

Overview

Journal Eur Heart J

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2019 Oct 1

PMID 31566246

Citations 108

Authors

Frank Gijsen

Yuki Katagiri

Peter Barlis

Christos Bourantas

Carlos Collet

Umit Coskun

Joost Daemen

Jouke Dijkstra

Elazer Edelman

Paul Evans

Kim van der Heiden

Rod Hose

Bon-Kwon Koo

Rob Krams

Alison Marsden

Francesco Migliavacca

Yoshinobu Onuma

Andrew Ooi

Eric Poon

Habib Samady

Peter Stone

Kuniaki Takahashi

Dalin Tang

Vikas Thondapu

Erhan Tenekecioglu

Lucas Timmins

Ryo Torii

Jolanda Wentzel

Patrick Serruys

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