Increase in Ultrasonic Intensity of Blood Speckle across Moderate Coronary Artery Stenosis Is an Independent Predictor of Functional Coronary Artery Stenosis Measured by Fractional Flow Reserve: Pilot Study

• Jun Tanno ,

  * E-mail: j_tanno@saitama-med.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Shintaro Nakano,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Takatoshi Kasai,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Junya Ako,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Sunao Nakamura,

  Affiliation New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Takaaki Senbonmatsu,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Shigeyuki Nishimura

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

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