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Visualization of coronary blood flow by color Doppler imaging with a transesophageal approach.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2805867     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To examine whether CBF can be imaged by color Doppler technique, we visualized CBF using a transesophageal color Doppler imaging system. In 36 of 39 patients with normal coronary arteriograms after heart surgery, the LMT and the proximal LAD were clearly imaged by 2-dimensional echocardiography. Among them, CBF was coded mainly in blue in 32 patients, showing that the flow runs from proximal to distal. In some cases, yellowish and/or reddish components were seen, suggesting the occurrence of aliasing associated with augmentation of flow velocity or flow turbulence. The fast Fourier transformation spectrogram of the pulsed Doppler sampled in the colored flow showed a typical flow velocity pattern of the LAD, which mainly consisted of a predominantly diastolic component. These results indicate that the transesophageal color Doppler technique is advantageous in noninvasively imaging CBF. It should be further sought whether flow abnormality due to coronary stenosis could be determined by this technique.
Authors:
M Yamagishi; K Miyatake; S Beppu; N Tanaka; Y Nimura
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chest     Volume:  96     ISSN:  0012-3692     ISO Abbreviation:  Chest     Publication Date:  1989 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-12-01     Completed Date:  1989-12-01     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0231335     Medline TA:  Chest     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  972-5     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Cardiology Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Blood Flow Velocity
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Disease / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Female
Fourier Analysis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Period

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