Coronary flow reserve assessed by transesophageal echocardiography identifies early restenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery angioplasty

I A Paraskevaidis; D G Katritsis; D P Tsiapras; Z S Kyriakides; S T Korovesis; Kremastinos DTh

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00876-4

Coronary flow reserve assessed by transesophageal echocardiography identifies early restenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery angioplasty

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Mar 15;79(6):803-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00876-4.

Authors

I A Paraskevaidis¹, D G Katritsis, D P Tsiapras, Z S Kyriakides, S T Korovesis, Kremastinos DTh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 9070567
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00876-4

Abstract

Although an increase in diastolic coronary flow velocity can be detected by transesophageal echocardiography 72 hours after both successful and unsuccessful left anterior coronary artery angioplasty, a significant improvement in coronary flow reserve is observed only in patients with a successful procedure. Transesophageal echocardiography-derived coronary flow reserve can identify early restenosis and thus serve as an index of the outcome of the procedure.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
Blood Flow Velocity
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Disease / therapy
Echocardiography, Transesophageal* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Time Factors