Clinical Applications of Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiographic Coronary Flow Reserve Measurements in the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery

被引：5
作者：
Hung, Ming-Jui [1 ]
Cherng, Wen-Jin [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chang Gung Univ, Chang Gung Mem Hosp, Coll Med, Dept Cardiol, Keelung, Taiwan
来源：
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ULTRASOUND | 2011年 / 19卷 / 04期
关键词：
coronary flow reserve; left anterior descending coronary artery; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jmu.2011.10.005
中图分类号：
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要：
Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TDE) is a noninvasive tool for measuring coronary flow reserve in the epicardial coronary arteries. In the absence of stenosis in the epicardial coronary artery, TDE can detect impaired microvascular vasodilatation associated with diseases, including reperfused myocardial infarct, systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary vasospasm, microvascular angina, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by demonstrating a decrease in the coronary flow reserve. Because it is noninvasive, TDE allows for serial coronary flow reserve evaluations to explore the effect of various therapies. This noninvasive imaging technique expands the field of diagnostic echocardiography and brings new insight into the pathophysiology of ischemic heart disease. This review outlines rationale of TDE to evaluate coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending coronary artery and discusses its clinical applications. (C) 2011, Elsevier Taiwan LLC and the Chinese Taipei Society of Ultrasound in Medicine.
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