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Quantitative coronary arteriography

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The clinical objective of coronary arteriography is to demonstrate the anatomic basis for the patient’s clinical presentation and to provide information necessary to guide therapy. Coronary artery disease has classically been determined by estimates of percent stenosis from cineangiograms. However, this method has been shown to be characterized by large interobserver and intraobserver variability. As a result, recent attempts have been made to quantitate coronary luminal dimensions more precisely.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Andrew J. Buda M.D.

  2. School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    Edward J. Delp Ph.D.

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Laufer, N., Buda, A.J. (1985). Quantitative coronary arteriography. In: Buda, A.J., Delp, E.J. (eds) Digital Cardiac Imaging. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4996-6_9

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