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11324799

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
Using a high frequency ultrasonic transducer, intramyocardial coronary blood flow (IM-CBF) can be visualized and evaluated during hemodynamic changes in the anterior wall and septum of the left ventricle (LV). We tested the hypothesis that detection and quantitative measurement of IM-CBF of entire LV segments are feasible using a high frequency ultrasonic transducer in conjunction with intravenous contrast injection in vivo. A 3 - 8 MHz transducer was used to image and measure IM-CBF in 10 anesthetized dogs. We obtained a color Doppler image of IM-CBF in the LV short-axis view after intravenous Levovist injection (25 mg/ml). The IM-CBF velocity was recorded using spectral Doppler in the antero-septal and infero-posterior wall of closed chest dogs and in the entire LV after opening the chest. A significant increase in IM-CBF velocity was observed in all LV regions after adenosine 5'- triphosphate (ATP) administration. After Levovist(TM) injection, the visualization of IM-CBF was improved and the spectral Doppler pattern of coronary flow velocity was clarified compared to baseline. IM-CBF was assessed in the antero-septal region of the LV before and after left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion. A high frequency ultrasonic transducer in conjunction with intravenous contrast injection improved IM-CBF visualization, enabling quantitative evaluation of the intramyocardial coronary circulation in the entire LV after coronary occlusion and hyperemia. This study may represent a step towards noninvasive assessment of myocardial perfusion before and after coronary reperfusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-4868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Novel method for assessing myocardial perfusion: visualization and measurement of intramyocardial coronary blood flow in the entire left ventricular wall using contrast enhanced, high frequency Doppler echocardiography.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article