Abstract
Coronary angiography remains the reference standard for evaluating patients with angina, abnormal noninvasive stress imaging tests, and suspected or known ischemic heart disease. However, numerous studies have revealed the limitations of coronary angiography and, in particular, its inability to accurately detect ischemia-producing coronary artery disease. Recently, more refined methods for invasively determining the functional significance of coronary artery disease have been developed and extensively tested. The goal of this chapter is to review the physiologic evaluation of patients with ischemic heart disease.
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Fearon, W.F. (2014). Physiologic Evaluation of Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease. In: Thompson, C. (eds) Textbook of Cardiovascular Intervention. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4528-8_15
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