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2/2026 vol. 22
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Ultreon 3.0 and physiological coronary assessment: initial single-center Polish experience

Karol Sabatowski 1, 2
,
Jan Roczniak 1
,
Kamil Skowron 1
,
Krzysztof Bryniarski 3, 4
,
Zuzanna Niesłony 1
,
Artur Dziewierz 1, 2
,
Łukasz Rzeszutko 1, 2
,
Elvin Kedhi 5
,
Stanisław Bartuś 1, 2

  1. Clinical Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Interventions, University Hospital, Krakow, Poland

  2. Second Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

  3. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

  4. Clinical Department of Interventional Cardiology, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland

  5. Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 217–223

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.163120
Data publikacji online: 2026/07/09
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