Due to recent developments in miniaturized sensors on guide-wires, assessment of coronary artery disease with intracoronary pressure and flow measurements has become available. However, direct quantification is still limited to the large epicardial vessels, which means that microvascular disease can only be determined from upstream measurements using an appropriate model of the vessels and their interaction with the cardiac muscle [1].
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Cardiovascular Diagnostics
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