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Basics of Coronary Thermodilution. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 14:595-605. [PMID: 33736767 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Coronary microvascular dysfunction is a highly prevalent condition in both obstructive and nonobstructive coronary artery disease. Intracoronary thermodilution is a promising technique to investigate coronary microvascular (dys)function in vivo and to assess its most important metric: microvascular resistance. Here, the authors provide a practical review of bolus and continuous thermodilution for the measurement of coronary flow and microvascular resistance. The authors describe the basic principles of indicator-dilution theory and of coronary thermodilution and detail the practicalities of their application in the catheterization laboratory. Finally, the authors discuss contemporary clinical applications of coronary thermodilution-based microvascular assessment in humans and future perspectives.
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Brunozzi D, Shakur SF, Ismail R, Linninger A, Hsu CY, Charbel FT, Alaraj A. Correlation Between Contrast Time-Density Time on Digital Subtraction Angiography and Flow: An in Vitro Study. World Neurosurg 2017; 110:e315-e320. [PMID: 29133005 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) provides an excellent anatomic characterization of cerebral vasculature, but hemodynamic assessment is often qualitative and subjective. Various clinical algorithms have been produced to semiquantify flow from the data obtained from DSA, but few have tested them against reliable flow values. METHODS An arched flow model was created and injected with contrast material. Seventeen injections were acquired in anterior-posterior and lateral DSA projections, and 4 injections were acquired in oblique projection. Image intensity change over the angiogram cycle of each DSA run was analyzed through a custom MATLAB code. Time-density plots obtained were divided into 3 components (time-density times, TDTs): TDT10%-100% (time needed for contrast material to change image intensity from 10% to 100%), TDT100%-10% (time needed for contrast material to change image intensity from 100% to 10%), and TDT25%-25% (time needed for contrast material to change from 25% image intensity to 25%). Time-density index (TDI) was defined as model cross-sectional area to TDT ratio, and it was measured against different flow rates. RESULTS TDI10%-100%, TDI100%-10%, and TDI25%-25% all correlated significantly with flow (P < 0.001). TDI10%-100%, TDI100%-10%, and TDI25%-25% showed, respectively, a correlation coefficient of 0.91, 0.91, and 0.97 in the anterior-posterior DSA projections (P < 0.001). In the lateral DSA projection, TDI100%-10% showed a weaker correlation (r = 0.57; P = 0.03). Also in the oblique DSA projection, TDIs correlated significantly with flow. CONCLUSIONS TDI on DSA correlates significantly with flow. Although in vitro studies might overlook conditions that occur in patients, this method appears to correlate with the flow and could offer a semiquantitative method to evaluate the cerebral blood flow.
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- Denise Brunozzi
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Hubbard L, Lipinski J, Ziemer B, Malkasian S, Sadeghi B, Javan H, Groves EM, Dertli B, Molloi S. Comprehensive Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease by Using First-Pass Analysis Dynamic CT Perfusion: Validation in a Swine Model. Radiology 2017; 286:93-102. [PMID: 29059038 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2017162821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Purpose To retrospectively validate a first-pass analysis (FPA) technique that combines computed tomographic (CT) angiography and dynamic CT perfusion measurement into one low-dose examination. Materials and Methods The study was approved by the animal care committee. The FPA technique was retrospectively validated in six swine (mean weight, 37.3 kg ± 7.5 [standard deviation]) between April 2015 and October 2016. Four to five intermediate-severity stenoses were generated in the left anterior descending artery (LAD), and 20 contrast material-enhanced volume scans were acquired per stenosis. All volume scans were used for maximum slope model (MSM) perfusion measurement, but only two volume scans were used for FPA perfusion measurement. Perfusion measurements in the LAD, left circumflex artery (LCx), right coronary artery, and all three coronary arteries combined were compared with microsphere perfusion measurements by using regression, root-mean-square error, root-mean-square deviation, Lin concordance correlation, and diagnostic outcomes analysis. The CT dose index and size-specific dose estimate per two-volume FPA perfusion measurement were also determined. Results FPA and MSM perfusion measurements (PFPA and PMSM) in all three coronary arteries combined were related to reference standard microsphere perfusion measurements (PMICRO), as follows: PFPA_COMBINED = 1.02 PMICRO_COMBINED + 0.11 (r = 0.96) and PMSM_COMBINED = 0.28 PMICRO_COMBINED + 0.23 (r = 0.89). The CT dose index and size-specific dose estimate per two-volume FPA perfusion measurement were 10.8 and 17.8 mGy, respectively. Conclusion The FPA technique was retrospectively validated in a swine model and has the potential to be used for accurate, low-dose vessel-specific morphologic and physiologic assessment of coronary artery disease. © RSNA, 2017.
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- Logan Hubbard
- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., J.L., B.Z., S. Malkasian, B.S., H.J., B.D., S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine, Medical Sciences I, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697
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Hubbard L, Ziemer B, Lipinski J, Sadeghi B, Javan H, Groves EM, Malkasian S, Molloi S. Functional Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease Using Whole-Heart Dynamic Computed Tomographic Perfusion. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 9:CIRCIMAGING.116.005325. [PMID: 27956409 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.116.005325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Computed tomographic (CT) angiography is an important tool for the evaluation of coronary artery disease but often correlates poorly with myocardial ischemia. Current dynamic CT perfusion techniques can assess ischemia but have limited accuracy and deliver high radiation dose. Therefore, an accurate, low-dose, dynamic CT perfusion technique is needed. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 20 contrast-enhanced CT volume scans were acquired in 5 swine (40±10 kg) to generate CT angiography and perfusion images. Varying degrees of stenosis were induced using a balloon catheter in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery, and a pressure wire was used for reference fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement. Perfusion measurements were made with only 2 volume scans using a new first-pass analysis (FPA) technique and with 20 volume scans using an existing maximum slope model (MSM) technique. Perfusion (P) and FFR measurements were related by PFPA=1.01 FFR-0.03 (R2=0.85) and PMSM=1.03 FFR-0.03 (R2=0.80) for FPA and MSM techniques, respectively. Additionally, the effective radiation doses were calculated to be 2.64 and 26.4 mSv for FPA and MSM techniques, respectively. CONCLUSIONS A new FPA-based dynamic CT perfusion technique was validated in a swine animal model. The results indicate that the FPA technique can potentially be used for improved anatomical and functional assessment of coronary artery disease at a relatively low radiation dose.
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- Logan Hubbard
- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine
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- From the Department of Radiological Sciences (L.H., B.Z., J.L., B.S., H.J., S. Malkasian, S. Molloi) and Division of Cardiology (E.M.G.), University of California, Irvine.
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Ziemer BP, Hubbard L, Lipinski J, Molloi S. Dynamic CT perfusion measurement in a cardiac phantom. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 31:1451-9. [PMID: 26156231 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0700-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Widespread clinical implementation of dynamic CT myocardial perfusion has been hampered by its limited accuracy and high radiation dose. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and radiation dose reduction of a dynamic CT myocardial perfusion technique based on first pass analysis (FPA). To test the FPA technique, a pulsatile pump was used to generate known perfusion rates in a range of 0.96-2.49 mL/min/g. All the known perfusion rates were determined using an ultrasonic flow probe and the known mass of the perfusion volume. FPA and maximum slope model (MSM) perfusion rates were measured using volume scans acquired from a 320-slice CT scanner, and then compared to the known perfusion rates. The measured perfusion using FPA (P(FPA)), with two volume scans, and the maximum slope model (P(MSM)) were related to known perfusion (P(K)) by P(FPA) = 0.91P(K) + 0.06 (r = 0.98) and P(MSM) = 0.25P(K) - 0.02 (r = 0.96), respectively. The standard error of estimate for the FPA technique, using two volume scans, and the MSM was 0.14 and 0.30 mL/min/g, respectively. The estimated radiation dose required for the FPA technique with two volume scans and the MSM was 2.6 and 11.7-17.5 mSv, respectively. Therefore, the FPA technique can yield accurate perfusion measurements using as few as two volume scans, corresponding to approximately a factor of four reductions in radiation dose as compared with the currently available MSM. In conclusion, the results of the study indicate that the FPA technique can make accurate dynamic CT perfusion measurements over a range of clinically relevant perfusion rates, while substantially reducing radiation dose, as compared to currently available dynamic CT perfusion techniques.
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- Benjamin P Ziemer
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
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Pagonas N, Gross CM, Li M, Bondke A, Klauss V, Buschmann EE. Influence of epicardial stenosis severity and central venous pressure on the index of microcirculatory resistance in a follow-up study. EUROINTERVENTION 2014; 9:1063-8. [DOI: 10.4244/eijv9i9a180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Takarada S, Zhang Z, Molloi S. An angiographic technique for coronary fractional flow reserve measurement: in vivo validation. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2012; 29:535-44. [PMID: 22936416 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0119-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is an important prognostic determinant in a clinical setting. However, its measurement currently requires the use of invasive pressure wire, while an angiographic technique based on first-pass distribution analysis and scaling laws can be used to measure FFR using only image data. Eight anesthetized swine were instrumented with flow probe on the proximal segment of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary arteries. Volumetric blood flow from the flow probe (Qp), coronary pressure (Pa) and right atrium pressure (Pv) were continuously recorded. Flow probe-based FFR (FFRq) was measured from the ratio of flow with and without stenosis. To determine the angiography-based FFR (FFRa), the ratio of blood flow in the presence of a stenosis (QS) to theoretically normal blood flow (QN) was calculated. A region of interest in the LAD arterial bed was drawn to generate time-density curves using angiographic images. QS was measured using a time-density curve and the assumption that blood was momentarily replaced with contrast agent during the injection. QN was estimated from the total coronary arterial volume using scaling laws. Pressure-wire measurements of FFR (FFRp), which was calculated from the ratio of distal coronary pressure (Pd) divided by proximal pressure (Pa), were continuously obtained during the study. A total of 54 measurements of FFRa, FFRp, and FFRq were taken. FFRa showed a good correlation with FFRq (FFRa = 0.97 FFRq +0.06, r(2) = 0.80, p < 0.001), although FFRp overestimated the FFRq (FFRp = 0.657 FFRq + 0.313, r(2) = 0.710, p < 0.0001). Additionally, the Bland-Altman analysis showed a close agreement between FFRa and FFRq. This angiographic technique to measure FFR can potentially be used to evaluate both anatomical and physiological assessments of a coronary stenosis during routine diagnostic cardiac catheterization that requires no pressure wires.
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- Shigeho Takarada
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Gupta V, Kirişli HA, Hendriks EA, van der Geest RJ, van de Giessen M, Niessen W, Reiber JHC, Lelieveldt BPF. Cardiac MR perfusion image processing techniques: a survey. Med Image Anal 2012; 16:767-85. [PMID: 22297264 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2011.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Revised: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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First-pass cardiac MR perfusion (CMRP) imaging has undergone rapid technical advancements in recent years. Although the efficacy of CMRP imaging in the assessment of coronary artery diseases (CAD) has been proven, its clinical use is still limited. This limitation stems, in part, from manual interaction required to quantitatively analyze the large amount of data. This process is tedious, time-consuming, and prone to operator bias. Furthermore, acquisition and patient related image artifacts reduce the accuracy of quantitative perfusion assessment. With the advent of semi- and fully automatic image processing methods, not only the challenges posed by these artifacts have been overcome to a large extent, but a significant reduction has also been achieved in analysis time and operator bias. Despite an extensive literature on such image processing methods, to date, no survey has been performed to discuss this dynamic field. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the current state of the field with a categorical study, along with a future perspective on the clinical acceptance of image processing methods in the diagnosis of CAD.
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- Vikas Gupta
- Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Zhang Z, Takarada S, Molloi S. Quantification of coronary microvascular resistance using angiographic images for volumetric blood flow measurement: in vivo validation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H2096-104. [PMID: 21398596 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01123.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Structural coronary microcirculation abnormalities are important prognostic determinants in clinical settings. However, an assessment of microvascular resistance (MR) requires a velocity wire. A first-pass distribution analysis technique to measure volumetric blood flow has been previously validated. The aim of this study was the in vivo validation of the MR measurement technique using first-pass distribution analysis. Twelve anesthetized swine were instrumented with a transit-time ultrasound flow probe on the proximal segment of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Microspheres were injected into the LAD to create a model of microvascular dysfunction. Adenosine (400 μg·kg(-1)·min(-1)) was used to produce maximum hyperemia. A region of interest in the LAD arterial bed was drawn to generate time-density curves using angiographic images. Volumetric blood flow measurements (Q(a)) were made using a time-density curve and the assumption that blood was momentarily replaced with contrast agent during the injection. Blood flow from the flow probe (Q(p)), coronary pressure (P(a)), and right atrium pressure (P(v)) were continuously recorded. Flow probe-based normalized MR (NMR(p)) and angiography-based normalized MR (NMR(a)) were calculated using Q(p) and Q(a), respectively. In 258 measurements, Q(a) showed a strong correlation with the gold standard Q(p) (Q(a) = 0.90 Q(p) + 6.6 ml/min, r(2) = 0.91, P < 0.0001). NMR(a) correlated linearly with NMR(p) (NMR(a) = 0.90 NMR(p) + 0.02 mmHg·ml(-1)·min(-1), r(2) = 0.91, P < 0.0001). Additionally, the Bland-Altman analysis showed a close agreement between NMR(a) and NMR(p). In conclusion, a technique based on angiographic image data for quantifying NMR was validated using a swine model. This study provides a method to measure NMR without using a velocity wire, which can potentially be used to evaluate microvascular conditions during coronary arteriography.
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- Zhang Zhang
- Dept. of Radiological Sciences, Univ. of California-Irvine, Medical Sciences B, B-140, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Wong JT, Le H, Suh WM, Chalyan DA, Mehraien T, Kern MJ, Kassab GS, Molloi S. Quantification of fractional flow reserve based on angiographic image data. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2011; 28:13-22. [PMID: 21213051 PMCID: PMC3094747 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9767-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Coronary angiography provides excellent visualization of coronary arteries, but has limitations in assessing the clinical significance of a coronary stenosis. Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has been shown to be reliable in discerning stenoses responsible for inducible ischemia. The purpose of this study is to validate a technique for FFR quantification using angiographic image data. The study was carried out on 10 anesthetized, closed-chest swine using angioplasty balloon catheters to produce partial occlusion. Angiography based FFR was calculated from an angiographically measured ratio of coronary blood flow to arterial lumen volume. Pressure-based FFR was measured from a ratio of distal coronary pressure to aortic pressure. Pressure-wire measurements of FFR (FFRP) correlated linearly with angiographic volume-derived measurements of FFR (FFRV) according to the equation: FFRP = 0.41 FFRV + 0.52 (P-value < 0.001). The correlation coefficient and standard error of estimate were 0.85 and 0.07, respectively. This is the first study to provide an angiographic method to quantify FFR in swine. Angiographic FFR can potentially provide an assessment of the physiological severity of a coronary stenosis during routine diagnostic cardiac catheterization without a need to cross a stenosis with a pressure-wire.
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- Jerry T. Wong
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92868 USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92868 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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Estimation of coronary artery hyperemic blood flow based on arterial lumen volume using angiographic images. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2011; 28:1-11. [PMID: 21213052 PMCID: PMC3094746 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9766-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The purpose of this study is to develop a method to estimate the hyperemic blood flow in a coronary artery using the sum of the distal lumen volumes in a swine animal model. The limitations of visually assessing coronary artery disease are well known. These limitations are particularly important in intermediate coronary lesions where it is difficult to determine whether a particular lesion is the cause of ischemia. Therefore, a functional measure of stenosis severity is needed using angiographic image data. Coronary arteriography was performed in 10 swine (Yorkshire, 25-35 kg) after power injection of contrast material into the left main coronary artery. A densitometry technique was used to quantify regional flow and lumen volume in vivo after inducing hyperemia. Additionally, 3 swine hearts were casted and imaged post-mortem using cone-beam CT to obtain the lumen volume and the arterial length of corresponding coronary arteries. Using densitometry, the results showed that the stem hyperemic flow (Q) and the associated crown lumen volume (V) were related by Q = 159.08 V(3/4) (r = 0.98, SEE = 10.59 ml/min). The stem hyperemic flow and the associated crown length (L) using cone-beam CT were related by Q = 2.89 L (r = 0.99, SEE = 8.72 ml/min). These results indicate that measured arterial branch lengths or lumen volumes can potentially be used to predict the expected hyperemic flow in an arterial tree. This, in conjunction with measured hyperemic flow in the presence of a stenosis, could be used to predict fractional flow reserve based entirely on angiographic data.
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Rittger H, Kuper A, Breithardt OA, Kuon E, Schmidt M, Sinha AM, Blüm B, Jakob A, Brachmann J. A new angiographic method to assess coronary flow reserve-validation in humans. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2010; 75:167-73. [PMID: 19924776 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is defined as the ratio between coronary artery flow during maximal hyperemia and rest. It is considered as a marker for the integrity of the epicardial coronary circulation and the microcirculation. CFR measurement typically requires the introduction of a guide wire into a diseased coronary artery. We tested a new algorithm, which allows to estimate CFR by analysis of coronary angiograms without the need for direct intracoronary measurements. METHODS Twenty seven patients (10 female, mean age 64 +/- 11 years) underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization for the evaluation of chest pain. A Doppler wire was introduced into the diseased coronary artery and CFR(doppler) was calculated by the flow velocity ratio between rest and maximal hyperemia, induced by intravenous administration of 140 microg of adenosine per kg bodyweight. This was compared to the angiographically determined CFR (CFR(angio)) under the same conditions (rest and induced maximal hyperemia) by densitometry. CFR(angio) was based on the creation of two time density curves representing the disappearance of contrast over time. CFR(angio) was the resulting ratio between the density values during hyperemia and rest. RESULTS An excellent correlation was found between CFR(doppler) and CFR(angio): CFR(angio) = 1 x CFR(doppler) (r = 0.87; P < 0.0001). The average absolute difference between both indeces was 0.36 +/- 0.31. CONCLUSION Measurement of CFR(angio) by densitometry is feasible and provides results, which are comparable to Doppler-derived intracoronary flow velocity measurements.
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- Harald Rittger
- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum Coburg gGmbH, Coburg, Germany.
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Ungi T, Ungi I, Jónás Z, Sasi V, Lassó A, Zimmermann Z, Forster T, Palkó A, Nemes A. Myocardium selective densitometric perfusion assessment after acute myocardial infarction. CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2009; 10:49-54. [PMID: 19159855 DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2008.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2008] [Revised: 10/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myocardial perfusion is an important prognostic factor after recanalisation in acute myocardial infarction patients. We present a computerized, densitometric measurement method to assess myocardial perfusion on phase-matched digitally subtracted coronary angiograms. METHODS AND MATERIALS Quantitative myocardial perfusion was assessed by the G(max)/T(max) parameter of the time-density curves (TDCs) in infarct-related myocardial regions on X-ray coronary angiograms. Arteries were masked out from regions of measurement. This novel method has been compared with enzymatic infarct size, ST-segment resolution, and ejection fraction after successful revascularization of 62 patients with acute myocardial infarction. RESULTS Significant correlations were found between G(max)/T(max) and enzymatic infarct size (R=-0.445, P<.001), ST-segment resolution (R=0.364, P=.004), and ejection fraction (R=0.278, P=.029). Bland and Altman plot of G(max)/T(max) reveals good interobserver agreement. CONCLUSIONS G(max)/T(max) of the TDC measured in the infarct-related myocardial area is a reliable parameter to assess clinical indicators of myocardial reperfusion. Therefore, results suggest that it could be used to immediately assess the success of recanalisation at the tissue perfusion level during coronary intervention, and as an objective end point in clinical trials of new interventional devices and drugs.
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- Tamás Ungi
- Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Ungi T, Sasi V, Ungi I, Forster T, Palkó A, Nemes A. Comparison of two visual angiographic perfusion grades in acute myocardial infarction. Ups J Med Sci 2009; 114:149-53. [PMID: 19736604 PMCID: PMC2852768 DOI: 10.1080/03009730902990453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Prognosis after opening the obstructed coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is influenced by several factors. In routine clinical practice, revascularization is considered to be successful when the restoration of epicardial blood-flow is complete. However, the patent epicardial artery does not always provide functional recovery in the myocardium. There are two visual angiographic grades to assess myocardial perfusion: myocardial blush grade (MBG) and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (TMP). The aim of our study was to compare these two parameters, how they correlate with short-term indicators of myocardial damage. PATIENTS AND METHODS The two visual grades were assessed along with enzymatic infarct size as creatine kinase release (CK), echocardiographic left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and ST-segment resolution (STR) in 62 patients with acute myocardial infarction and successful revascularization. RESULTS Better correlation was found with TMP in case of all clinical parameters (CK: R= - 0.687, P<0.001; LVEF: R=0.586, P<0.001; STR: R=0.574, P<0.001). MBG also showed significant correlations with clinical measurements, except for enzymatic infarct size (CK: R=- 0.062, P=0.626; LVEF: R=0.389, P=0.002; STR: R=0.348, P=0.006). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that the clearance of the dye (described by TMP) is more characteristic to myocardial recovery after AMI, than maximal contrast density (described by MBG) in the clinical practice.
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- Tamás Ungi
- 1Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- 2Division of Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- 2Division of Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- 2Division of Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- 1Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- 2Division of Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of SzegedSzegedHungary
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Boyle AJ, Schuleri KH, Lienard J, Vaillant R, Chan MY, Zimmet JM, Mazhari R, Centola M, Feigenbaum G, Dib J, Kapur NK, Hare JM, Resar JR. Quantitative automated assessment of myocardial perfusion at cardiac catheterization. Am J Cardiol 2008; 102:980-7. [PMID: 18929697 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Perfusion assessed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory predicts outcomes after myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to investigate a novel method of assessing perfusion using digital subtraction angiography to generate a time-density curve (TDC) of myocardial blush, incorporating epicardial and myocardial perfusion. Seven pigs underwent temporary occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery for 60 minutes. Angiography was performed in the same projections before, during, and after occlusion. Perfusion parameters were obtained from the TDC and compared with Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame count and myocardial perfusion grade. In addition, safety and feasibility were tested in 8 patients after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. The contrast density differential between the proximal artery and the myocardium derived from the TDC correlated well with TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (R = 0.54, p <0.001). The arterial transit time derived from the TDC correlated with TIMI frame count (R = 0.435, p = 0.011). Using a cutoff of 2.4, the density/time ratio, a ratio of density differential to transit time, had sensitivity and specificity of 100% for coronary arterial occlusion. The positive and negative predictive values were 100%. The generation of a TDC was safe and feasible in 7 patients after acute myocardial infarctions, but the correlation between TDC-derived parameters and TIMI parameters did not reach statistical significance. In conclusion, this novel method of digital subtraction angiography with rapid, automated, quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion in the cardiac catheterization laboratory correlates well with established angiographic measures of perfusion. Further studies to assess the prognostic value of this technique are warranted.
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- Andrew J Boyle
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Vessel masking improves densitometric myocardial perfusion assessment. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2008; 25:229-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9374-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Accepted: 09/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Aarnoudse W, Van't Veer M, Pijls NHJ, Ter Woorst J, Vercauteren S, Tonino P, Geven M, Rutten M, van Hagen E, de Bruyne B, van de Vosse F. Direct volumetric blood flow measurement in coronary arteries by thermodilution. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 50:2294-304. [PMID: 18068038 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Revised: 08/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to validate a new method for direct volumetric blood flow measurement in coronary arteries in animals and in conscious humans during cardiac catheterization. BACKGROUND Direct volumetric measurement of blood flow in selective coronary arteries would be useful for studying the coronary circulation. METHODS Based on the principle of thermodilution with continuous low-rate infusion of saline at room temperature, we designed an instrumental setup for direct flow measurement during cardiac catheterization. A 2.8-F infusion catheter and a standard 0.014-inch sensor-tipped pressure/temperature guidewire were used to calculate absolute flow (Q(thermo)) in a coronary artery from the infusion rate of saline, temperature of the saline at the tip of the infusion catheter, and distal blood temperature during infusion. The method was tested over a wide range of flow rates in 5 chronically instrumented dogs and in 35 patients referred for physiological assessment of a coronary stenosis or for percutaneous coronary intervention. RESULTS Thermodilution-derived flow corresponded well with true flow (Q) in all dogs (Q(thermo) = 0.73 Q + 42 ml/min; R(2) = 0.72). Reproducibility was excellent (Q(thermo,)(1) = 0.96 x Q(thermo,)(2) + 3 ml/min; R(2) = 0.89). The measurements were independent of infusion rate and sensor position as predicted by theory. In the humans, a good agreement was found between increase of thermodilution-derived volumetric blood flow after percutaneous coronary intervention and increase of fractional flow reserve (R(2) = 0.84); reproducibility of the measurements was excellent (Q(thermo,)(1) = 1.0 Q(thermo,)(2) + 0.9 ml/min, R(2) = 0.97), and the measurements were independent of infusion rate and sensor position. CONCLUSIONS Using a suitable infusion catheter and a 0.014-inch sensor-tipped guidewire for measurement of coronary pressure and temperature, volumetric blood flow can be directly measured in selective coronary arteries during cardiac catheterization.
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- Wilbert Aarnoudse
- Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Molloi S, Wong JT. Regional blood flow analysis and its relationship with arterial branch lengths and lumen volume in the coronary arterial tree. Phys Med Biol 2007; 52:1495-503. [PMID: 17301467 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/5/018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The limitations of visually assessing coronary artery disease are well known. These limitations are particularly important in intermediate coronary lesions (30-70% diameter stenosis) where it is difficult to determine whether a particular lesion is the cause of ischaemia. Therefore, a functional measure of stenosis severity is needed. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the expected maximum coronary blood flow in an arterial tree is predictable from its sum of arterial branch lengths or lumen volume. Using a computer model of a porcine coronary artery tree, an analysis of blood flow distribution was conducted through a network of millions of vessels that included the entire coronary artery tree down to the first capillary branch. The flow simulation results show that there is a linear relationship between coronary blood flow and the sum of its arterial branch lengths. This relationship holds over the entire arterial tree. The flow simulation results also indicate that there is a 3/4 power relation between coronary blood flow (Q) and the sum of its arterial lumen volume (V). Moreover, there is a linear relationship between normalized Q and normalized V raised to a power of 3/4 over the entire arterial tree. These results indicate that measured arterial branch lengths or lumen volumes can be used to predict the expected maximum blood flow in an arterial tree. This theoretical maximum blood flow, in conjunction with an angiographically measured blood flow, can potentially be used to calculate fractional flow reserve based entirely on angiographic data.
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- Sabee Molloi
- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Molloi S, Zhou Y, Kassab GS. Regional volumetric coronary blood flow measurement by digital angiography: in vivo validation. Acad Radiol 2004; 11:757-66. [PMID: 15217593 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2004.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2003] [Accepted: 04/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES There are well-known limitations to the use of visual estimation to assess the severity of coronary artery disease and luminal stenosis. This is especially true in the case of an intermediate coronary lesion (30%-70% diameter stenosis), where coronary arteriography is very limited in distinguishing ischemia-producing intermediate coronary lesions from non-ischemia-producing ones. For this reason, a functional measure of stenosis severity is desirable. The goal of this study is to validate a video densitometry technique for quantitative assessment of regional volumetric coronary blood flow. MATERIALS AND METHODS Coronary arteriography was performed in eight swine (body weight, 25-50 kg) after power injection of contrast material into the left main coronary artery. Phase-matched subtracted images were used to quantify regional coronary blood flow using a video densitometry technique. The in vivo regional flow measurements were validated using a transit time ultrasound flow probe. RESULTS In 44 measurements, the ultrasound (Q(US)) and video densitometry (Q(VD)) regional flow measurements were related by Q(VD) = 0.98 Q(US) + 0.11 mL/min (r = 0.98). The results of mean regional coronary blood flow measurements for repeated coronary arteriograms of the first (Q(VD1)) and second (Q(VD2)) measured flows were related by Q(VD1) = 1.04 Q(VD2) + 0.05 mL/min (r = 0.97). CONCLUSIONS A video densitometry technique for quantification of regional coronary blood flow was validated using a swine animal model. The results demonstrated the feasibility and potential utility of the video densitometry technique for accurate measurement of regional coronary blood flow, in vivo. This study provides an angiographic method that can potentially be used to evaluate intermediate coronary lesions during routine coronary arteriography.
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- Sabee Molloi
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
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Taken together, the diagnostic algorithm is leaded by a simple ECG stress test. In case of ST-segment depression the preferred image test should be stress ECG to bring patients at high risk for significant epicardial coronary artery stenosis to coronary angiography (and revascularization). In case of the lack of wall motion abnormalities (during stress-echo test) or absence of epicardial stenosis one may further assess coronary flow reserve with noninvasive Doppler harmonic echocardiography. For ultimate quantitative assessment invasive procedures, such as argon dilution or intracoronary Doppler techniques, represent the appropriate approach. Treatment of microvascular disease may be followed-up by these new noninvasive diagnostic approaches in future and also, at present, by monitoring ST-segment depression.
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- Malte Kelm
- Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, and Angiology, Department of Medicine, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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This article reviews the fundamental techniques to quantify the physiological severity of (coronary) stenoses. Although a wide survey of different techniques and applications is provided, the focus of this review is on: 1) the assessment of the immediate effect of the stenoses on blood flow (i.e., the hemodynamic severity), and not on the assessment of the pathology of the vessel itself; 2) the flow reserve methods to defining the physiological severity of stenoses; and 3) the determination of blood flow and tissue perfusion by X-ray angiography (a short survey of other imaging modalities is provided as well). Although the practical implementation of the techniques is illustrated by applying them to coronary stenoses, most of the issues involved are of interest in other application areas (using other imaging modalities) as well. This review consists of four parts. The first part deals with the definition of stenoses severity; the second part with tracer kinetic theory necessary to determine flows by imaging; the third part focusses on (cardiac) imaging modalities, with an emphasis on X-ray angiography; and the last part illustrates the practical implementation of the techniques in cardiology.
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- M Schrijver
- Chair of Signals and Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Seiler C, Billinger M, Fleisch M, Meier B. Washout collaterometry: a new method of assessing collaterals using angiographic contrast clearance during coronary occlusion. Heart 2001; 86:540-6. [PMID: 11602548 PMCID: PMC1729956 DOI: 10.1136/heart.86.5.540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the hypothesis that the time to washout of radiographic contrast medium trapped distal to an occluded collateral receiving vessel is inversely related to collateral flow, and that this provides an accurate method for characterising coronary collaterals. METHODS An intracoronary pressure derived collateral flow index was determined in 54 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty (PTCA). The study group was subdivided according to whether the collateral vessels were sufficient (n = 17) or insufficient (n = 37) to prevent ECG signs of myocardial ischaemia during PTCA. Washout collaterometry-an angiographic washout method-was carried out simultaneously; after injection of radiographic contrast medium into the collateral receiving vessel followed immediately by vascular occlusion, the number of heart beats was counted until approximately half the length of the epicardial vessel was cleared of contrast. RESULTS The collateral flow index was higher (0.28 (0.09) v 0.12 (0.07); p < 0.0001) and the contrast washout time shorter (8.0 (2.9) v 17.5 (6.7) heart beats; p < 0.0001) in patients with sufficient versus insufficient collaterals. There was an inverse correlation between contrast washout time and collateral flow index (r = 0.72, p < 0.0001). Washout of contrast distal to the occluded vessel within 11 heart beats correctly determined sufficient and insufficient collaterals with 88% sensitivity and 81% specificity. CONCLUSIONS Washout collaterometry is a new radiographic contrast washout method based on the inverse relation between collateral flow and the time to clearance of radiographic dye injected into the ipsilateral vessel during PTCA. It appears to be an accurate method of characterising coronary collateral vessels.
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- C Seiler
- Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre Bern, University Hospital, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern, 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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Keijer JT, van Rossum AC, van Eenige MJ, Bax JJ, Visser FC, Teule JJ, Visser CA. Magnetic resonance imaging of regional myocardial perfusion in patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease: quantitative comparison with (201)Thallium-SPECT and coronary angiography. J Magn Reson Imaging 2000; 11:607-15. [PMID: 10862059 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200006)11:6<607::aid-jmri6>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The clinical value of magnetic resonance perfusion imaging (MRI) was investigated by quantitative comparison with (201)thallium-single-photon emission computed tomography ((201)TI-SPECT) and quantitative coronary angiography (QCA). Short-axis imaging was performed during dipyridamole administration in 13 patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. Using inner and outer contours, the myocardium was divided into 30 contiguous, radial regions. Defining a perfusion defect as a region with less than 90% of maximum (201)TI intensity, nine patients had a matching perfusion defect, two had no defect on both (201)TI-SPECT or MRI, and one had a defect on (201)TI-SPECT but not on MRI. One patient had a defect on both modalities but with inaccurate localization. Three perfusion parameters were investigated: a) maximum contrast enhancement (MCE); b) slope of the signal intensity versus time curve; and c) inverse mean transit time (1/MTT). The sensitivity and specificity of MCE in the detection of perfusion abnormalities with TI-SPECT as the reference method were 71% and 71%, respectively (slope 77% and 61%, 1/MTT 44% and 70%). Furthermore, correlations were calculated per patient for the entire circumference of the short-axis myocardium. Median correlations were as follows: MCE 0.92, slope 0.91, and 1/MTT 0.40. Mismatches between (201)TI defects and defects on MRI resulted in low mean correlations (MCE 0.45, slope 0.46, and 1/MTT 0.26). There was a trend between severity of perfusion defects on MRI (using MCE) and QCA stenosis area (r = -0.56, P = 0.06). Thus, MRI and (201)TI-SPECT demonstrate fair agreement in the assessment of perfusion defects but show moderate correlation when the entire short-axis myocardium is correlated.
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- J T Keijer
- Department of Cardiology, Free University Hospital, 1007 MB Amsterdam, Interuniversity Cardiology Institute (ICIN), 3511 GC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Rödenbeck C, Kärger J, Schmidt H, Rother T, Rödenbeck M. Network of characterizing functions for stationary populations. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1999; 60:2737-40. [PMID: 11970077 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.60.2737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1998] [Revised: 06/03/1999] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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A variety of open systems in nature and society exist under dynamic equilibrium, maintained by statistical counterbalance between the entering and leaving of individuals and the stationarity of the exchange processes. A network of functions characterizing the dynamics of such a stationary population is established and discussed, which allows the mutual transference of system properties without the need of any explicit information about the microdynamic processes. In order to illustrate the potential benefit of these interdependence relations, examples taken from diverse branches of research (adsorption and reaction kinetics, demographic analysis, and coronary blood flow diagnosis) are given.
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- C Rödenbeck
- Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften, Institut für Experimentelle Physik I, Universität Leipzig, Linnèstrasse 5, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Systemic arterial hypertension is one of the major risk factors for coronary artery disease, coronary microangiopathy, and left ventricular hypertrophy, all of which can potentially lead to cardiac failure and sudden cardiac death. Coronary flow reserve is defined as the maximal increase in coronary flow above its resting, autoregulated level for a given perfusion pressure. In arterial hypertension functional and structural alterations are observed at the level of epicardial vessels as well as in resistive vessels requiring sophisticated approaches to assess coronary flow reserve and thus myocardial perfusion. Electrocardiographic tests and echocardiography can be regarded as monitoring and screening methods. Myocardial scintography is useful to semiquantitatively estimate hypertension-associated perfusion abnormalities, whereas positron emission tomography provides the only quantitative approach of a non-invasive technique for myocardial blood flow measurement. Invasive methods for the assessment of coronary blood flow need cardiac catheterization procedures, such as techniques requiring catheterization of the coronary sinus, angiographic methods, and guidewire based methods. Thermodilution and venous oxymetry in the coronary sinus systematically underestimate coronary flow reserve and are thus considered as only semiquantitative approaches. In contrast, the gas chromatographic argon method allows a quantitative measurement of coronary blood flow at baseline and during maximum vasodilation; thus it is possible to distinguish between an altered autoregulated and maximal flow as the major cause of a reduced coronary flow reserve and to evaluate long-term therapeutic interventions in hypertensive hearts. Videodensitometric and angiographic methods should be restricted only to patients with coronary microangiopathy or with coronary single-vessel disease. Guidewire-based Doppler techniques are suitable to semiquantitatively assess coronary flow reserve with a considerable spatial and time resolution. Myocardial biopsies may gain insight into hypertension-associated structural alterations in small arterioles. Long-term treatment of hypertensive heart disease aims to normalize blood pressure, to reduce left ventricular hypertrophy and to achieve cardioreparation including reversal of the abnormal structure and function of coronary circulation. Based on the different methods for assessment of coronary circulation the therapeutic value of different classes of antihypertensive therapeutics will be evaluated in this overview.
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- B E Strauer
- Department of Medicine, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Kern MJ. Can digital subtraction myocardial perfusion imaging studies offer information for postangioplasty lesion assessment? CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1998; 45:25-6. [PMID: 9736346 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199809)45:1<25::aid-ccd5>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Aengevaeren WR, Uijen GJ, van der Werf T. Comparison of coronary flow velocity and regional myocardial perfusion for functional evaluation of coronary artery disease in the setting of angioplasty. CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1998; 45:16-24. [PMID: 9736345 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199809)45:1<16::aid-ccd4>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Two essentially different methods for physiological evaluation of coronary artery disease were compared in the setting of angioplasty and related to quantitative coronary angiography. Forty-five patients, referred for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), were examined by digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and by coronary flow velocity measurements distal to the target stenosis. Before PTCA, hyperemic mean transit time (HMTT) was correlated with % area stenosis r = 0.56*, coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) r = 0.58* and with CFVRN (CFVR normalized to a mean blood pressure of 100 mmHg) r = 0.68*. The correlation between CFVR and % area stenosis was r = 0.72* (*P < 0.001). After PTCA, all correlations between these measurements disappeared. HMTT and CFVR remained abnormal in 18% and 32 % of the patients, respectively. Pre-PTCA, distal coronary flow velocity measurements were reasonably well related to the assessment of regional myocardial perfusion. Flow velocity parameters, however, were better related to angiographic stenosis parameters. After PTCA, HMTT showed a more consistent improvement compared to CFVR. Flow velocity measurements appear to be more useful for the evaluation of local coronary stenoses, whereas the assessment of regional myocardial perfusion by DSA may be used for a more general evaluation of vessel territories.
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- W R Aengevaeren
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Molloi S, Bednarz G, Tang J, Zhou Y, Mathur T. Absolute volumetric coronary blood flow measurement with digital subtraction angiography. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING 1998; 14:137-45. [PMID: 9813749 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006059709539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The problems associated with visual interpretation of coronary arteriograms have been well-documented. There is a need for more physiologic means of assessing coronary artery stenosis during routine coronary arteriography. Volumetric coronary blood flow assessed as a function of time can be a valuable aid in the analysis of functional significance of arterial obstruction. A volumetric coronary blood flow measurement technique was investigated in a swine animal model using phase matched temporal subtraction images. The left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery of swine animal models were instrumented with an ultrasound flow probe (US) and a vascular occluder producing stenosis. Contrast material injections (2-4 ml/sec for 3 sec) were made into the left coronary ostium during image acquisition. Phase-matched temporal subtraction (DSA) images were used to measure volumetric coronary blood flow in the LAD. In addition, a technique for automatic estimation of iodine calibration slope was also investigated. In 49 independent comparisons, the mean coronary blood flow (FPA) correlated extremely well with the mean US flow (FPA = 0.92US + 1.42 ml/min, r = 0.99, standard error of estimate (SEE) = 4.32 ml/min). Further more, the automatic iodine calibration technique was shown to be very accurate. In conclusion, accurate volumetric coronary blood flow measurements can be made before the onset of significant changes in coronary blood flow due to contrast injection.
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- S Molloi
- Department of Radiological Sciences University of California, Irvine 92697, USA
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Keijer JT, Bax JJ, van Rossum AC, Visser FC, Visser CA. Myocardial perfusion imaging: clinical experience and recent progress in radionuclide scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING 1997; 13:415-31. [PMID: 9360178 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005737725964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In the past 20 years, radionuclide scintigraphy has proven to be a sensitive clinical tool in the assessment of myocardial perfusion abnormalities. Magnetic resonance imaging may also be used to study myocardial perfusion, but its potential value still has to emerge in the clinical setting. This review addresses the potential and achievements of both methods in clinical cardiology.
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- J T Keijer
- Department of Cardiology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Aengevaeren WR, Kroon AA, Stalenhoef AF, Uijen GJ, van der Werf T. Low density lipoprotein apheresis improves regional myocardial perfusion in patients with hypercholesterolemia and extensive coronary artery disease. LDL-Apheresis Atherosclerosis Regression Study (LAARS). J Am Coll Cardiol 1996; 28:1696-704. [PMID: 8962554 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(96)00388-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES In a randomized study we evaluated the effect of biweekly low density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis plus simvastatin versus medication alone on regional myocardial perfusion. BACKGROUND In patients with severe hypercholesterolemia, diet and lipid-lowering drugs are often insufficient to achieve optimal LDL cholesterol values. Low density lipoprotein apheresis is a very effective lipid-lowering therapy. Assessment of regional myocardial perfusion enables evaluation of the functional state of the coronary circulation. METHODS We studied 42 patients with severe hypercholesterolemia and extensive coronary artery disease who were randomized to diet and simvastatin with or without biweekly LDL apheresis. Regional myocardial perfusion was assessed by digital subtraction angiography with videodensitometric calculation of hyperemic mean transit time (HMTT) of contrast medium at baseline and after 2 years of therapy. RESULTS Low density lipoprotein cholesterol decreased by 63% (to 3.0 mmol/liter) in the LDL apheresis group and by 47% (to 4.1 mmol/liter) in the medication group. Paired HMTT measurements were assessed in 43 regions in the LDL apheresis group and 35 regions in the medication group. In the LDL apheresis group, regional HMTT decreased over 2 years from 3.35 +/- 1.18 (mean +/- SD) to 2.87 +/- 0.82 s (-14%, p = 0.001), whereas no change in the medication group was observed: 2.95 +/- 1.06 to 2.96 +/- 0.90 s (p = NS). In the patient-based comparison, the mean change in HMTT was -0.45 s (-14%, p = 0.01) in the LDL apheresis group and -0.05 s (-2%, p = NS) in the medication group, respectively. Only exercise-induced ischemia improved in the LDL apheresis group. CONCLUSIONS Biweekly LDL apheresis plus simvastatin decreased time-averaged LDL cholesterol levels by an additional 31% (1.1 mmol/liter) compared with medication alone. After 2 years of therapy, regional myocardial perfusion improved in the LDL apheresis group and remained unchanged in the medication group. Thus, aggressive reduction of LDL cholesterol has a favorable effect on regional myocardial perfusion and alleviates ischemia.
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- W R Aengevaeren
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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van der Voort PH, van Hagen E, Hendrix G, van Gelder B, Bech JW, Pijls NH. Comparison of intravenous adenosine to intracoronary papaverine for calculation of pressure-derived fractional flow reserve. CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1996; 39:120-5. [PMID: 8922309 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199610)39:2<120::aid-ccd3>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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For calculation of fractional flow reserve (FFR), simultaneous registration of both aortic pressure (Pa) and transstenotic distal coronary pressure (Pd) is necessary at steady-state maximum coronary hyperemia. The aim of the present study was to compare the maximum transstenotic gradient (delta Pmax) and pressure-derived myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFRmyo), observed during intravenous adenosine infusion, to delta Pmax and FFRmyo induced by intracoronary papaverine, which is considered to be the gold standard for induction of coronary hyperemia, but acts too short for steady-state hyperemic pressure recordings and is associated with QT-prolongation. In 24 patients with coronary stenoses of various degrees, Pa and Pd were measured simultaneously by the diagnostic catheter and a high fidelity 0.018" fiberoptic pressure monitoring guide wire, respectively. Excellent steady-state phasic intracoronary pressure recordings were obtained in all patients within 1 min after start of intravenous adenosine infusion at a rate of 140 micrograms/kg/min, and compared to delta Pmax obtained 30 sec after intracoronary administration of papaverine (12 mg LCA, 10 mg RCA). Delta Pmax was 24 +/- 15 mmHg during adenosine infusion and 24 +/- 15 mmHg after papaverine administration. Myocardial fractional flow reserve, calculated from these pressure recordings, was 0.75 +/- 0.16 and 0.75 +/- 0.15, respectively, with an individual difference of 0.02 +/- 0.01 between both values (r = 0.99). No important side effects by intravenous infusion of adenosine were observed. Thus intravenous adenosine infusion at a rate of 140 micrograms/kg/min is an excellent and safe alternative for induction of steady-state maximum coronary hyperemia and therefore is an ideal vasodilator for determination of fractional flow reserve based upon pressure recordings.
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- P H van der Voort
- Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Keijer JT, van Rossum AC, van Eenige MJ, Karreman AJ, Hofman MB, Valk J, Visser CA. Semiquantitation of regional myocardial blood flow in normal human subjects by first-pass magnetic resonance imaging. Am Heart J 1995; 130:893-901. [PMID: 7572601 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(95)90092-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of first-pass MR imaging for measurement of regional myocardial blood flow in human beings. The first pass of the contrast agent Gd-DTPA through the myocardium was imaged in 12 normal volunteers with an ECG-gated Turbo-Flash sequence. The MTT of the contrast agent through the myocardium after a bolus injection was derived from curves of SI versus time. The bolus was injected through an intravenous catheter, which was advanced to the central venous position (preferably the right atrium). To investigate myocardial input function, different bolus concentrations and catheter positions were compared. It is concluded that first-pass MR imaging is feasible in human subjects when a central injection of 0.03 mmol/kg of Gd-DTPA is applied. MTT values were similar throughout the myocardium of normal subjects at rest, reflecting normal perfusion. Absolute values of MTT were related to the myocardial input.
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- J T Keijer
- Department of Cardiology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Vassanelli C, Menegatti G, Molinari J, Zanotto G, Zanolla L, Loschiavo I, Zardini P. Maximal myocardial perfusion by videodensitometry in the assessment of the early and late results of coronary angioplasty: relationship with coronary artery measurements and left ventricular function at rest. CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1995; 34:301-10; discussion 311-2. [PMID: 7621539 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810340206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the assessment of the acute results of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), myocardial perfusion at maximal vasodilatation theoretically has fewer limitations than the coronary flow reserve measurements and quantitative coronary angiography. The purpose of this study was to compare the myocardial perfusion to the measurements of the severity of the lesion (minimal luminal diameter and percent area stenosis) and to relate it to the changes of left ventricular function after PTCA. Regional myocardial perfusion was assessed during intracoronary papaverine, using the inverse mean transit time of contrast medium (1/Tmn), before, 15 min after, 18-24 hr after, and 6 months after successful single-vessel PTCA in 14 patients with stable angina. Left ventricular angiography (before angioplasty, 18-24 hr after, and 6 months later) was analysed by area-length and centerline methods. Immediately after PTCA, 1/Tmn increased from 0.14 +/- 0.07 sec-1 to 0.21 +/- 0.09 sec-1 (P = .001). Maximal myocardial perfusion remained higher than the pre-PTCA value the day after angioplasty (1/Tmn of 0.23 +/- 0.09 sec-1), while it reduced to near pre-PTCA values at follow-up (1/Tmn of 0.16 +/- 0.05 sec-1). Before PTCA, three out of ten patients had ejection fraction of < 65%, and seven had mild-to-moderate hypokinesis. The day after PTCA the ejection fraction and the regional dysfunction improved significantly. The change in ejection fraction 18-24 hr after PTCA did not correlate with minimal luminal diameter and percent area stenosis and correlated slightly with the improvement of perfusion (r = 0.54, P = .10). At follow-up left ventricular function deteriorated in the whole group, despite the persistence of angiographic success of PTCA, possibly because of changes in the loading condition. Coronary artery stenosis measurements and 1/Tmn failed to correlate with the left ventricular function. Given the difficulties in routine application of the analysis of time-density curves, the measurement of minimal luminal diameter remains a more practical assessment of the results of the intervention. However, the improvement of myocardial perfusion may give more information than coronary artery dimensions of the early recovery of left ventricular function.
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- C Vassanelli
- Division of Cardiology, University of Verona, Italy
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Doriot PA, Moore JE, Guggenheim N, Dorsaz PA, Rutishauser WJ. Computer simulation of the propagation of contrast medium in a coronary artery during one cardiac cycle. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING 1995; 11:19-26. [PMID: 7730678 DOI: 10.1007/bf01148950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In some angiographic methods for measurement of mean coronary flow in ml/min, a threshold is applied to 'concentration-distance' curves obtained from a constant rate injection by computing the intravascular contrast medium concentration along the main coronary branches. If the shape of the velocity profile would remain parabolic throughout the cardiac cycle, the correct threshold value would be '50% of the concentration at the injection site'. But, coronary flow being strongly pulsatile, the shape of the velocity profile must be expected to vary appreciably within the cardiac phase. In order to investigate if a single, appropriate threshold value nevertheless exists for a great variety of coronary flow pulses and velocity profiles, the spreading of contrast medium injected continuously in a tube perfused by a time varying flow Q(t) was studied by computer simulation. While the particular time courses of flow and velocity profile appear to be of secondary importance, the ratio 'injection rate to peak coronary flow' has a major impact. If it is equal to or greater than 1, a threshold value of 47% is the best choice. If the ratio is markedly less than 1, no appropriate threshold exists and use of the 47% threshold will result in considerable flow underestimations. This was fully confirmed by measurements of absolute coronary flow performed in patients.
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- P A Doriot
- Cardiology Center, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
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Gronenschild E, Janssen J, Tijdens F. CAAS. II: A second generation system for off-line and on-line quantitative coronary angiography. CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1994; 33:61-75. [PMID: 8001105 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810330116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The Cardiovascular Angiography Analysis System (CAAS) has been completely redesigned and transferred to a modern platform. The user-friendly environment together with a number of image processing techniques and tools allow easy and fast analysis of cardiovascular angiographic images. These images are obtained either on-line by means of a frame grabber hooked on the video output of the X-ray equipment or off-line by digitising 35-mm cine film frames. In addition, images can be acquired more directly by means of a network link. Images stored on disk in different formats, including MS-DOS, can also be analysed. Accurate and reliable quantitative analysis of coronary stenoses and assessment of their related functional significance may offer the clinician a tool in a stratification of patients at risk. The semireal-time environment will make it possible for the cardiologist to quickly respond to the results of recanalisation procedures while the patient is still in the catheterisation laboratory. The addition of a video front end makes the system available to all clinically relevant X-ray imaging equipment. A detailed comparison with the former CAAS on the basis of analysis of 40 arterial segments in routinely acquired cineangiograms demonstrated no statistically significant differences between the two analysis systems. Repeated analysis of the same segments yielded inter- and intraobserver variabilities for the obstruction diameter of 0.096 and 0.108 mm, respectively. For the computed reference diameter the values are 0.099 and 0.096 mm, respectively, and for the percentage diameter stenosis 4.67 and 5.37%, respectively.
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- E Gronenschild
- Department of Medical Informatics, University of Limburg, The Netherlands
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H.J. PIJLS NICO, DE BERNARD, EL MAMDOUH, J.R.M. BONNIER HANS, HEYNDRICKX GUYR, JAN WILLEM BECH G, KOOLEN JACQUESJ, ROLFMICHELS H, A.L.E. BRACKE FRANK, WIJNS WILLIAM. Fractional Flow Reserve: The Ideal Parameter for Evaluation of Coronary, Myocardial, and Collateral Blood Flow by Pressure Measurements at PTCA. J Interv Cardiol 1993. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.1993.tb00877.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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De Bruyne B, Pijls NH, Paulus WJ, Vantrimpont PJ, Sys SU, Heyndrickx GR. Transstenotic coronary pressure gradient measurement in humans: in vitro and in vivo evaluation of a new pressure monitoring angioplasty guide wire. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 22:119-26. [PMID: 8509531 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90825-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to investigate 1) the feasibility and accuracy of coronary pressure measurements with a novel 0.015-in. (0.038 cm) fluid-filled guide wire, and 2) the effect of the guide wire itself on stenosis hemodynamics. BACKGROUND To assess the functional results of coronary angioplasty, measurements of the transstenotic pressure gradient have been advocated. However, this gradient is no longer routinely measured because it is not reliable when determined with the angioplasty catheter. METHODS A fluid-filled 0.015-in. guide wire to be connected to a conventional pressure transducer was developed. Five wires were tested for their frequency response characteristics and for their accuracy in measuring hydrostatic pressure. In an in vitro model of stenosis (reference diameter 4 mm), the pressure gradient was determined at incremental flow levels for varying stenosis severity with and without a 0.015-in. guide wire through the narrowing. In 37 patients, the transstenotic pressure gradient was measured before and after angioplasty and compared with obstruction area and percent area stenosis as determined by quantitative coronary angiography. RESULTS The correlation between the actual pressure and the pressure recorded by the guide wire was excellent (r = 0.98) despite a slight underestimation (-3 +/- 5%). Phasic pressure recordings were precluded by a long time constant of 16 +/- 4 s. The presence of the guide wire produced a significant overestimation (> 20%) of the pressure decrease only in cases of tight stenosis (> 90% area reduction). Furthermore, a theoretic model based on the fluid dynamic equation predicted that this overestimation was inversely proportional to the reference diameter of the vessel, yet was only slightly influenced by the flow. The lesion was crossed in all but one patient (97%) and pressure gradient was recorded throughout the study in 34 (94%) of 36 patients. The mean pressure gradient decreased from 30 +/- 19 before to 3 +/- 5 mm Hg after angioplasty (p < 0.01). A curvilinear relation was found between the pressure gradient and both percent area stenosis (r2 = 0.67) and obstruction area (r2 = 0.72). A sharp increase in pressure gradient was noted once the stenosis exceeded 75% area reduction. CONCLUSIONS Mean transstenotic pressure gradients can be easily and reliably recorded with a 0.015-in. fluid-filled guide wire. This ability should facilitate the functional assessment of coronary stenoses of intermediate severity and of immediate postangioplasty results.
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Vassalli G, Hess OM, Krogmann ON, Oechslin E, Grimm J, Jiang Z, Krayenbuehl HP. Is atrial pacing needed for determination of coronary flow reserve by parametric imaging? Am J Cardiol 1993; 71:415-9. [PMID: 8430629 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90442-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Heart rate changes during determination of coronary flow by parametric imaging may influence the flow measurement. Thus, the question is whether atrial pacing is mandatory for determination of coronary flow reserve (CFR) by this technique. CFR was calculated by digital subtraction angiography (parametric imaging) in 10 patients (8 with coronary artery disease and 2 control subjects) during sinus rhythm and during atrial pacing. Flow measurements were determined in the perfusion region of the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary artery, both at rest and after maximal coronary vasodilation with 10 mg intracoronary papaverine. CFR was defined as coronary flow during hyperemia divided by coronary flow at rest. Spontaneous heart rate was 71 +/- 15 min-1 at baseline, 73 +/- 15 min-1 after papaverine injection and 85 +/- 10 min-1 during atrial pacing. Heart rate variations during coronary arteriography were 4 +/- 3 min-1 at baseline and 5 +/- 4 min-1 after papaverine administration. CFR was 2.61 +/- 1.01 during sinus rhythm and 2.67 +/- 1.05 during atrial pacing. Mean absolute difference in CFR between sinus rhythm and atrial pacing was 0.31 +/- 0.31 (12 +/- 10% of CFR during pacing). Spontaneous heart rate variations during coronary arteriography are not associated with significant changes in CFR. Thus, atrial pacing is not mandatory for the determination of CFR by parametric imaging.
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- G Vassalli
- Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Laarman GJ, Serruys PW, Suryapranata H, vd Brand M, Jonkers PR, de Feyter PJ, Roelandt JR. Inability of coronary blood flow reserve measurements to assess the efficacy of coronary angioplasty in the first 24 hours in unselected patients. Am Heart J 1991; 122:631-9. [PMID: 1877439 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90505-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To determine functional and anatomic changes in the first 24 hours after coronary angioplasty, we studied at random 15 patients (9 men, mean age 60 years) who underwent coronary angioplasty of 16 coronary arteries. Quantitative coronary angiography and coronary flow reserve measurements from digitized coronary angiograms were performed before, immediately after, and 24 hours after coronary angioplasty. Calculated were the minimal luminal diameter, obstruction area, and percentage diameter stenosis from two preferably orthogonal projections. Prior myocardial infarction in the myocardial region of interest was present in four patients. Seven patients had multivessel disease. Collateral vessels supplying the compromised flow region were observed in three patients. Six patients had refractory unstable angina pectoris. After coronary angioplasty, angiographically visible dissection was noted in six patients, whereas side branch occlusion was observed in one. Minimal luminal diameter before, immediately after, and 24 hours after was 0.93 +/- 0.18 mm, 1.53 +/- 28 mm, and 1.53 +/- 0.21 mm, respectively; obstruction area was 0.70 +/- 0.26 mm2, 1.92 +/- 0.69 mm2, and 1.87 +/- 0.51 mm2, respectively; diameter stenosis was 60.4 +/- 8.0%, 36.8 +/- 11.4%, and 37.6 +/- 5.3%, respectively. The coronary flow reserve (lower limit of normal with this technique 3.4) was essentially the same before and immediately after coronary angioplasty (1.26 +/- 0.59 vs 1.30 +/- 0.42, p = NS) with a slight improvement to 1.78 +/- 0.90 (p less than 0.05) 1 day later. Coronary artery dimensions correlated poorly with coronary blood flow reserve before and after angioplasty.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G J Laarman
- Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Katritsis D, Choi MJ, Webb-Peploe MM. Assessment of the hemodynamic significance of coronary artery stenosis: theoretical considerations and clinical measurements. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1991; 34:69-88. [PMID: 2063014 DOI: 10.1016/0033-0620(91)90020-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- D Katritsis
- Department of Cardiology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, England
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Mancini GB. Quantitative coronary arteriographic methods in the interventional catheterization laboratory: an update and perspective. J Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 17:23B-33B. [PMID: 2016479 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90935-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Recent research advances in the area of quantitative coronary arteriography are described with respect to their potential role in assessing the effects of interventional therapy and monitoring the restenosis process. Specific areas emphasized are the importance of quantitative arteriography and absolute measures of arterial dimension in monitoring restenosis, the development of a computerized method for measuring lesion roughness, the potential role of measuring stenosis flow reserve based on component analysis principles, limitations of direct measures of myocardial flow reserve using a digital angiographic method and cautionary notes about clinical applications of videodensitometry. The current use of radiography and quantitative measures in limiting arterial injury are briefly reviewed. Finally, a perspective is put forth on the need to develop complementary roles for endovascular echocardiography and angioscopy with existing radiographic imaging technology.
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- G B Mancini
- Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Administration, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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Katritsis D, Webb-Peploe MM. The role of digital subtraction angiography in the quantitation of coronary stenosis. Int J Cardiol 1990; 29:277-83. [PMID: 2283186 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(90)90115-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- D Katritsis
- Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas's Hospital, London, U.K
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Katritsis D, Webb-Peploe MM. Angiographic quantitation of the results of coronary angioplasty: where do we stand? CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1990; 21:65-71. [PMID: 2225037 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810210202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- K L Gould
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225
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Pijls NH, Uijen GJ, Hoevelaken A, Pijnenburg T, van Leeuwen KL, Fast JH, Bos HS, Aengevaeren WR, van der Werf T. Mean transit time for videodensitometric assessment of myocardial perfusion and the concept of maximal flow ratio: a validation study in the intact dog and a pilot study in man. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING 1990; 5:191-202. [PMID: 2230296 DOI: 10.1007/bf01833988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Over the last decade it has become more and more obvious that besides anatomical information about the severity of coronary artery stenoses, information about coronary and myocardial blood flow is necessary to understand the functional significance of these obstructions and to evaluate the result of an intervention. Several methods have been proposed for this purpose, each of these having their particular limitations. In this study a new method is shortly described which allows the accurate calculation of relative maximal myocardial perfusion by ECG-triggered digital radiography (videodensitometry), using mean transit time (Tmn) as time parameter; this technique is based on the original physiologic principles of indicator dilution theory. This method was validated in 8 instrumented dogs in which an excellent linear relation was present between 1/Tmn and flow (r = 0.96 +/- 0.03). Although this method does not allow assessment of resting flow and therefore coronary flow reserve (CFR), it provides a means for the reliable comparison of maximal myocardial flow in different situations and it is independent of most factors affecting coronary flow reserve. The ratio between maximal flow after and before an intervention is called maximal flow ratio (MFR) and this concept was applied in a pilot study in man to evaluate PTCA results in 10 patients undergoing elective angioplasty. MFR was compared with the result of exercise testing 24 hours before and 10 days after the angioplasty. MFR greater than or equal to 1.5 was always accompanied by reversal of exercise test result from positive to negative. We conclude that the accurate calculation of relative maximal perfusion of the myocardium is possible by videodensitometry and suggest that comparison of maximal flow after and before an intervention can be valuable in man for functional evaluation of the result of the intervention.
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- N H Pijls
- University of Nijmegen, Department of Cardiology, The Netherlands
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Pijls NH, Uijen GJ, Pijnenburg T, van Leeuwen K, Aengevaeren WR, Barth JD, den Arend J, Hoevelaken A, van der Werf T. Reproducibility of mean transit time for maximal myocardial flow assessment by videodensitometry. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING 1990; 6:101-8. [PMID: 2097303 DOI: 10.1007/bf02398893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
In the assessment of myocardial perfusion by ECG-triggered digital radiography, time parameters are calculated from the time density curve (TDC) and related to blood flow. Recently we developed a method which uses mean transit time (Tmn) as time parameter, and which is in accordance with the original principles of indicator dilution theory. In this approach, variability in vascular volume is excluded and Tmn-1, determined at maximal hyperemia, showed an excellent correlation with maximal flow in animal validation studies. For calculation of Tmn, however, a large part of the descending limb of the TDC has to be known for reliable extrapolation, and especially this part of the curve is subject to variability in image quality in man. Therefore we tested reproducibility of Tmn in 30 arteries in 20 patients. Tmn was derived from the TDCs, obtained from paired studies under identical circumstances with an interval of 10 minutes. Satisfactory images could be obtained in all but one patient. Image processing was performed in an identical way in the paired studies. Reproducibility proved to be excellent for all three coronary arteries. The absolute value of the relative differences between the first and second determination was 7 +/- 7% for the LAD, 6 +/- 3% for LCx and 4 +/- 2% for the RCA (mean +/- SD). Correlation coefficients between both measurements were 0.97, 0.95 and 0.95 for the respective arteries. Therefore, it is concluded that, using this approach, Tmn at maximal hyperemia can be determined reproducibly in man and used for maximal myocardial flow assessment.
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Affiliation(s)
- N H Pijls
- Department of Cardiology, St. Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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