| Internal thoracic artery graft function during exercise assessed by transthoracic Doppler echography. | |
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PMID: 8619717 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Noninvasive quantitative assessment of internal thoracic artery (ITA) graft function at rest and during exercise is important in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS: Blood flow in the ITA graft was measured using transthoracic color Doppler echography before and after operation in 50 patients who underwent coronary artery grafting using an ITA to the left anterior descending artery. The patients were divided into three groups according to the degree of coronary stenosis and previous anterior myocardial infarction: Group 1 included 12 patients with severe (90% or more) coronary stenosis accompanied by anterior infarction. Group 2 included 26 patients with severe coronary stenosis without anterior infarction. Group 3 included 12 patients with moderate (75% or less) coronary stenosis without anterior infarction. Transthoracic echographic images of the ITA were obtained through the first intercostal space using a 7.5-MHz probe, and the diameter and cross-sectional area of the ITA were measured on B-mode imaging. Systolic, diastolic, and mean blood flow velocity and volume were measured by the Doppler method. RESULTS: Internal thoracic artery diameter increased significantly from 2.2 mm to 2.4 mm after operation. The ITA flow patterns in both flow velocity and volume changed from systolic-dominant to diastolic-dominant after operation. Postoperative ITA graft flow was 82 +/- 24 mL/min, 53 +/- 30 mL/min, and 31 +/- 15 mL/min (p < 0.01, group 1 versus 3; p < 0.05, group 1 versus 2) and percent diastolic fraction of ITA flow was 72%, 68%, and 62% (not significant) in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Compared with intraoperative ITA flow, which was measured using an ultrasound transit-time flowmeter, postoperative ITA graft flow was increased in group 1, but not changed in group 2 or 3. The ITA graft flow was measured before and after exercise in 19 patients and was compared with ITA flow in 10 normal control subjects. The ITA graft flow increased significantly with exercise in all patients in the three groups. Percent diastolic fraction of ITA flow increased significantly with exercise in patients with severe coronary stenosis (groups 1 and 2), but decreased significantly in patients with moderate stenosis (group 3). CONCLUSIONS: Changes in native coronary artery and ITA graft may be predicted by assessing ITA flow pattern during exercise. Transthoracic color Doppler echography is a clinically useful noninvasive method of assessing ITA graft function at rest and during exercise. |
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Authors:
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H Takemura; M Kawasuji; N Sakakibara; T Tedoriya; T Ushijima; Y Watanabe |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery Volume: 61 ISSN: 0003-4975 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Thorac. Surg. Publication Date: 1996 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1996-06-12 Completed Date: 1996-06-12 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 15030100R Medline TA: Ann Thorac Surg Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 914-9 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Surgery (I), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan. |
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Adult Aged Blood Flow Velocity Coronary Artery Bypass* Coronary Disease / physiopathology*, surgery, ultrasonography Echocardiography, Doppler* Exercise / physiology* Hemodynamics Humans Middle Aged Thoracic Arteries / transplantation* |
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