Kim H. Parker added textbf_C12_The_first_sentence__.tex  almost 9 years ago

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\textbf{[C12].} The first sentence is simply wrong. iFR is not the ratio of pressure and flow, it is the ratio of the pressure downstream of a coronary stenosis to the pressure upstream of the stenosis during a period in diastole when it is observed that waves defined by peaks in the wave intensity are minimal. It is proposed as a clinical measure for stenosed coronary arteries and 'illustrating its principles in the systemic arterial tree makes no sense whatsoever.