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Sara Hungerford1,2,3, Eleanor Rye1, Hari Sritharan1

  • 1Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

概括

在 dobutamine 应力回声心力学期间的穿风流率 (TFR) 是患有低流量,低梯度的大动脉狭窄症患者的生存的重要预测指标. 压力TFR评估提高了诊断的准确性,并为这些复杂的病例提供了临床决策的帮助.

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