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Marin F, Fawaz S, Kotronias RA, Chai J, Chu M, Karamasis GV, Cook CM, Khan S, Davies JR, Channon K, Banning AP, Keeble TR, De Maria GL. Development and validation of a novel angiography-derived index of absolute coronary blood flow and resistance. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 2024:10.1007/s10554-024-03202-y. [PMID: 39172316 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-024-03202-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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Intracoronary continuous thermodilution has been recently proposed as an invasive method to quantify absolute coronary flow (Qabs) and resistance (Rabs) in vivo. The aim of the present study is to develop and validate of a novel pressure-wire- and microcatheter-free surrogate of coronary flow and resistance derived from a standard coronary angiogram. Angiography derived coronary flow (Qangio) and resistance (Rangio) was prospectively validated in a two-center cohort of patients from Oxford Heart Centre and the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre. Qabs and Rabs were measured during resting and hyperemic conditions with continuous thermodilution using the Rayflow microcatheter. Qangio and Rangio were computed from the diagnostic coronary angiogram in a blinded fashion in resting and hyperemic conditions. A total of 62 patients and 115 vessels were included in the present analysis. The median Qabs at rest was 75 ml/min (53-95) and 151 ml/min (105-203) during hyperemia; Qangio at rest was 84 ml/min (66-108) and 154 ml/min (115-195) during hyperemia. There was a strong correlation between Qabs and Qangio (R = 0,72; p < 0.001, R = 0,86; p < 0.001 respectively) with satisfactory interclass correlation (0.841, 95% CI 0.509-0.957; p = 0.0003). The median Rabs was 1111 mmHg/(L/min) (830-1581.4) at rest and 454 mmHg/(L/min) (348-610) during hyperemia; angiographic resistance (Rangio) was 937.4 mmHg/(L/min) (695.4-1261.9) at rest and 492.4 mmHg/(L/min) (406-697) during hyperemia. There was a strong correlation between Rabs and Rangio in both conditions (R = 0,81; p < 0.001 and R = 0,78; p < 0.001 respectively). The was a good correlation between absolute coronary flow reserve (CFR) and angiography-derived CFR (R = 0,61; p < 0.001) and between absolute microvascular resistance reserve (MRR) and angiography-derived MRR (R = 0,49; p < 0.001).
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- Federico Marin
- Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
- MTRC, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, UK
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- Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL, UK
- MTRC, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, UK
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- Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL, UK
- MTRC, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, UK
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- Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL, UK
- MTRC, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, UK
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- Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL, UK
- MTRC, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, UK
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- Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL, UK
- MTRC, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, UK
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- Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL, UK
- MTRC, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ, UK
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Biplane angiography for experimental validation of computational fluid dynamic models of blood flow in artificial lungs. ASAIO J 2013; 59:397-404. [PMID: 23820279 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0b013e3182937a80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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This article presents an investigation into the validation of velocity fields obtained from computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models of flow through the membrane oxygenators using x-ray digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Computational fluid dynamic is a useful tool in characterizing artificial lung devices, but numerical results must be experimentally validated. We used DSA to visualize flow through a membrane oxygenator at 2 L/min using 37% glycerin at 22°C. A Siemens Artis Zee system acquired biplane x-ray images at 7.5 frames per second, after infusion of an iodinated contrast agent at a rate of 33 ml/s. A maximum cross-correlation (MCC) method was used to track the contrast perfusion through the fiber bundle. For the CFD simulations, the fiber bundle was treated as a single momentum sink according to the Ergun equation. Blood was modeled as a Newtonian fluid, with constant viscosity (3.3 cP) and density (1050 kg/m3). Although CFD results and experimental pressure measurements were in general agreement, the simulated 2 L/min perfusion did not reproduce the flow behavior seen in vitro. Simulated velocities in the fiber bundle were on average 42% lower than experimental values. These results indicate that it is insufficient to use only pressure measurements for validation of the flow field because pressure-validated CFD results can still significantly miscalculate the physical velocity field. We have shown that a clinical x-ray modality, together with a MCC tracking algorithm, can provide a nondestructive technique for acquiring experimental data useful for validation of the velocity field inside membrane oxygenators.
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Pinkenburg O, Pfosser A, Hinkel R, Böttcher M, Dinges C, Lebherz C, Sultana S, Enssle J, El-Aouni C, Büning H, Boekstegers P, Bals R, Kupatt C. Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus-Based Gene Transfer of Cathelicidin Induces Therapeutic Neovascularization Preferentially via Potent Collateral Growth. Hum Gene Ther 2009; 20:159-67. [DOI: 10.1089/hum.2007.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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- Olaf Pinkenburg
- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Marburg, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hämatologicum, Institute for Molecular Immunology, Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GSF), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Clinic I for Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Marburg, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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Coronary flow evaluation by densitometric analysis of sequences of coronarographic images. Med Biol Eng Comput 2008; 46:199-204. [DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0288-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rhode KS, Lambrou T, Hawkes DJ, Seifalian AM. Novel approaches to the measurement of arterial blood flow from dynamic digital X-ray images. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2005; 24:500-513. [PMID: 15822808 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2004.843202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have developed two new algorithms for the measurement of blood flow from dynamic X-ray angiographic images. Both algorithms aim to improve on existing techniques. First, a model-based (MB) algorithm is used to constrain the concentration-distance curve matching approach. Second, a weighted optical flow algorithm (OP) is used to improve on point-based optical flow methods by averaging velocity estimates along a vessel with weighting based on the magnitude of the spatial derivative. The OP algorithm was validated using a computer simulation of pulsatile blood flow. Both the OP and the MB algorithms were validated using a physiological blood flow circuit. Dynamic biplane digital X-ray images were acquired following injection of iodine contrast medium into a variety of simulated arterial vessels. The image data were analyzed using our integrated angiographic analysis software SARA to give blood flow waveforms using the MB and OP algorithms. These waveforms were compared to flow measured using an electromagnetic flow meter (EMF). In total 4935 instantaneous measurements of flow were made and compared to the EMF recordings. It was found that the new algorithms showed low measurement bias and narrow limits of agreement and also out-performed the concentration-distance curve matching algorithm (ORG) and a modification of this algorithm (PA) in all studies.
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- Kawal S Rhode
- Division of Imaging Sciences, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London, 5th Floor Thomas Guy House, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Doriot PA, Dorsaz PA, Dorsaz L, De Benedetti E, Chatelain P, Delafontaine P. In-vivo measurements of wall shear stress in human coronary arteries. Coron Artery Dis 2000; 11:495-502. [PMID: 10966136 DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200009000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Wall shear stress (WSS) is closely associated with arteriosclerosis. WSS values for various vessels and species are available, but fully in-vivo measurements in human coronary arteries have not yet been reported. OBJECTIVE To measure WSS in undiseased coronary arteries of adult patients at rest. METHODS We recorded the temporal average value (APV) of the instantaneous maximal blood velocity in the three vessel segments of angiographically normal coronary artery bifurcations in 21 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization to treat various diseases by means of a 0.036 cm Doppler wire (FloWire). In total, 36 bifurcations were examined. The 36 x 3 cross-sectional areas (CSA) were determined by means of a three-dimensional angiographic technique. The three flows, Q1 (inflow), Q2, and Q3 of each bifurcation were calculated according to Q=0.5 x APV x CSA. For each segment, WSS was calculated as WSS=32 eta Q/(pi D3) (where blood viscosity eta=3.5 mPa s and D is vessel diameter). Only the 54 WSS values obtained from the 18 flow triplets which satisfied the equation Q1/(Q2+Q3)=1 better than did the 18 other ones were retained. RESULTS The 54 WSS values ranged from 0.33 to 1.24 Pa (mean 0.68 Pa, SEM, 0.027 Pa). They did not depend significantly on Q (r=0.07; P=0.60) and the CSA (r=0.24, P=0.08) but the second relationship approached significance. CONCLUSION The obtained mean WSS value (0.68 Pa) is half the value predicted for coronary arteries from optimality principles. It is also smaller than many values reported for human carotid, renal, and femoral arteries.
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- P A Doriot
- University Hospital, Cardiology Division, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Shpilfoygel SD, Close RA, Valentino DJ, Duckwiler GR. X-ray videodensitometric methods for blood flow and velocity measurement: a critical review of literature. Med Phys 2000; 27:2008-23. [PMID: 11011728 DOI: 10.1118/1.1288669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Blood flow rate and velocity are important parameters for the study of vascular systems, and for the diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation of treatment of cerebro- and cardiovascular disease. For rapid imaging of cerebral and cardiac blood vessels, digital x-ray subtraction angiography has numerous advantages over other modalities. Roentgen-videodensitometric techniques measure blood flow and velocity from changes of contrast material density in x-ray angiograms. Many roentgen-videodensitometric flow measurement methods can also be applied to CT, MR and rotational angiography images. Hence, roentgen-videodensitometric blood flow and velocity measurement from digital x-ray angiograms represents an important research topic. This work contains a critical review and bibliography surveying current and old developments in the field. We present an extensive survey of English-language publications on the subject and a classification of published algorithms. We also present descriptions and critical reviews of these algorithms. The algorithms are reviewed with requirements imposed by neuro- and cardiovascular clinical environments in mind.
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- S D Shpilfoygel
- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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Abaci A, Oguzhan A, Eryol NK, Ergin A. Effect of potential confounding factors on the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) trial frame count and its reproducibility. Circulation 1999; 100:2219-23. [PMID: 10577994 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.100.22.2219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The potential factors that introduce variability into TIMI frame count (TFC) have not been systematically investigated. The goal of this study was to determine if nitrate use, dye injection rate, catheter size, the phase of the cardiac cycle in which dye is injected, or heart rate affect the TFC and to investigate the reproducibility of the TFC. METHODS AND RESULTS The dye injection rate was increased 1 mL/s, and angiography was repeated. A coronary angiogram was taken first with an 8F catheter and then with a 6F catheter. After taking angiograms, intracoronary nitrate was given to the patient, and the second angiography was performed. Basal heart rate was increased 20 beats/min, and angiography was repeated. Dye injection was performed at the beginning of systole and diastole. The TFC was not significantly changed by increasing the dye injection rate (P=0.467) or by changing catheter size (P=0.693). Nitrate administration significantly increased the TFC from 26.4+/-11.9 to 32.8+/-13.3 frames (P<0.001). Dye injection at the beginning of diastole significantly decreased the TFC from 30.1+/-8.8 to 24.4+/-7.9 frames (P<0.001) for the left coronary artery and from 24.16+/-4.49 to 21. 24+/-4.45 frames (P<0.001) for the right coronary artery. Increasing heart rate significantly decreased the TFC from 30.4+/-6.1 to 25. 3+/-7.2 frames (P<0.001). Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility of the TFC was good (mean difference, 1.33+/-1.24 and 2.57+/-1.72 frames, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Nitrate use, heart rate, and the phase of the cardiac cycle in which dye is injected had significant effects on the TFC. Therefore, studies comparing TFC need to consider these factors, and the use of nitrates should be either standardized or randomized.
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- A Abaci
- Department of Cardiology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
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Shpilfoygel SD, Jahan R, Close RA, Duckwiler GR, Valentino DJ. Comparison of methods for instantaneous angiographic blood flow measurement. Med Phys 1999; 26:862-71. [PMID: 10436886 DOI: 10.1118/1.598602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Several different algorithms have been reported for measurement of blood flow rates and velocities from digital x-ray angiograms. We compare four videodensitometric methods: (1) distance-density curve matching (DDCM), (2) distance-density curve matching with curve-fitting (DDCM-F), (3) bolus mass tracking with curve-fitting (BMT-F) and (4) fluid continuity method (FCM). We tested the flow algorithms with simulated angiograms and with images obtained from a programmable flow phantom under clinically realistic flow and contrast injection conditions including imperfect mixing. All methods perform well for simulated angiograms. On phantom angiograms with constant flow, all methods tended to underestimate flow velocities by at least 7% and demonstrate high variability between consecutive measurements. The FCM demonstrated relatively low variability, but a large negative bias. The DDCM method was moderately biased and had the highest variability. The BMT-F method demonstrated the lowest bias (-7.1%) and the lowest variability both within (27%) and between (27%) studies. No method yields reliable measurements near the peak contrast opacification, when little or no gradient of contrast is present. The extrapolating version of the BMT-F method was also the most robust for estimation of interframe displacements longer than the field of view.
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- S D Shpilfoygel
- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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Dodge JT, Rizzo M, Nykiel M, Altmann J, Hobkirk K, Brennan M, Gibson CM. Impact of injection rate on the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) trial frame count. Am J Cardiol 1998; 81:1268-70. [PMID: 9604968 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00138-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A mechanical injection was used to determine the impact of injection rate on the TIMI frame count. The 1.0-ml/s increase in hand injection rates from the 10th to 90th percentiles for angiographers is associated with a minor decrease of <2 frames that is <7% of the corrected TIMI frame count.
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- J T Dodge
- Department of Medicine, the Brigham and Women's Hospital & Brockton/West Roxbury Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Functional evaluation of coronary vasomotion encompasses the assessment of dynamic changes in coronary lumen, vessel wall, blood flow, intracoronary pressure and myocardial perfusion in response to specific pharmacologic stimuli. These parameters are obtained to characterize mechanisms of physiologic regulation and to evaluate pathophysiologic processes and potential therapeutic strategies, especially with regard to the development of coronary atherosclerosis. To this end, a variety of direct (invasive) and indirect (non-invasive) diagnostic tools are employed. Among the invasive methods are registration of intracoronary Doppler flow, coronary pressure measurements, quantitative coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound. The non-invasive modalities consist of coronary Doppler echocardiography, positron emission tomography, myocardial scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging. Because of the different technical and physiological principles involved, these methods are complementary by providing independent access to different aspects. The combined invasive functional testing as employed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory allows for a simultaneous synopsis of high-resolution coronary imaging and direct measurement of physiologic parameters during local application of defined pharmacologically active substances. However, the demands in terms of equipment, time and operator skills are high and limit this combined invasive approach to specialized centers. Besides these research purposes, a number of functional methods has entered the clinical arena. They are employed to evaluate the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions and to assess functional outcome of therapeutic interventions in the catheterization laboratory. The underlying principles and applications of the different methods are described and an overview of selected results is presented.
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- M Elsner
- Medizinische Klinik IV (Kardiologie/Nephrologie), Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
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