http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2002/10/Supplements/Ancillary-Techniques-for-Assessing-Severity-of-CAD.aspxAlthough it has become the central modality for the diagnosis and management of coronary disease, coronary angiography has its limitations. Intracoronary injections provide information about the coronary artery lumen without assessing the entire artery or the physiological importance of a stenosis. Three more recently developed techniques address these limitations: the measurement of the coronary flow reserve, the measurement of the fractional flow reserve, and intravascular ultrasound.Monday, 03 Mar 2003 16:41:37 GMT