Intracoronary blood flow velocity for evaluation of percutaneous interventions and collateral vascular dynamics

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Immediate and Long-term Effect of Balloon Angioplasty or Stent Implantation on the Absolute and Relative Coronary Blood Flow Velocity Reserve

Chapter 3 Hyperemic Coronary Flow After Optimized Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Implantation

Chapter 4 Coronary Hemodynamics of Stent Implantation Following Suboptimal and Optimal Balloon Angioplasty

Chapter 5 Predictors of 6 Months Clinical Outcome After Balloon Angioplasty to Guide Provisional Stent Implantation

Chapter 6 Clinical, angiographical and hemodynamic predictors of recruitable collateral flow assessed during balloon angioplasty coronary occlusion

Chapter 7 Comparison of Collateral Vascular Responses in the Donor and Recipient Coronary Artery During Transient Coronary Occlusion Assessed by Intracoronary Blood Flow Velocity Analysis in Patients

Chapter 8 Pharmacologic Modulation of the Human Collateral Vascular Resistance in Acute and Chronic Coronary Occlusion Assessed by Intracoronary Blood Flow Velocity Analysis in an Angioplasty Model

Chapter 9 Quantification of Collateral Flow in Humans: A Comparison of Angiographic, Electrocardiographic and Hemodynamic Variables

Chapter 10 Summary and Interpretation of the Findings Outlined in the Present Thesis

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