de Marchi, S. F.; Schwerzmann, M.; Fleisch, M.; Billinger, M.; Meier, B.; Seiler, C. (2001). Quantitative contrast echocardiographic assessment of collateral derived myocardial perfusion during elective coronary angioplasty. Heart (British Cardiac Society), 86(3), pp. 324-329. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/heart.86.3.324
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)OBJECTIVE
To determine whether myocardial contrast echocardiography can be used to quantify collateral derived myocardial flow in humans.
METHODS
In 25 patients undergoing coronary angioplasty, a collateral flow index (CFI) was determined using intracoronary wedge pressure distal to the stenosis to be dilated, with simultaneous mean aortic pressure measurements. During balloon occlusion, echo contrast was injected into both main coronary arteries simultaneously. Echocardiography of the collateral receiving myocardial area was performed. The time course of myocardial contrast enhancement in images acquired at end diastole was quantified by measuring pixel intensities (256 grey units) within a region of interest. Perfusion variables, such as background subtracted peak pixel intensity and contrast transit rate, were obtained from a fitted gamma variate curve.
RESULTS
16 patients had a left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis, four had a left circumflex coronary artery stenosis, and five had a right coronary artery stenosis. The mean (SD) CFI was 19 (12)% (range 0-47%). Mean contrast transit rate was 11 (8) seconds. In 17 patients, a significant collateral contrast effect was observed (defined as peak pixel intensity more than the mean + 2 SD of background). Peak pixel intensity was linearly related to CFI in patients with a significant contrast effect (p = 0.002, r = 0.69) as well as in all patients (p = 0.0003, r = 0.66).
CONCLUSIONS
Collateral derived perfusion of myocardial areas at risk can be demonstrated using intracoronary echo contrast injections. The peak echo contrast effect is directly related to the magnitude of collateral flow.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
De Marchi, Stefano, Schwerzmann, Markus, Seiler, Christian |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1468-201X |
Publisher: |
BMJ Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Stefano de Marchi |
Date Deposited: |
25 Apr 2014 13:28 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:23 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1136/heart.86.3.324 |
PubMed ID: |
11514489 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/40267 |
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