Coronary Flow-Pressure Relationship Distal to Epicardial Stenosis

Autor: Kenji Takazawa, Naohisa Shindo, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Akira Yamashina, Kazutaka Amaya, Yuichi Kobori, Kazuhiro Takeda, Masaru Aikawa
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Circulation Journal. 67:525-529
ISSN: 1347-4820
1346-9843
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.525
Popis: To assess the coronary flow velocity - pressure relationship distal to a stenosis, and to evaluate the influence of microvascular abnormalities on this relationship, coronary flow velocity and coronary pressure were measured simultaneously in 38 patients (42 vessels). The instantaneous peak coronary flow velocity was plotted against the simultaneous measured distal coronary pressure, and the slope of the relation in the phase of diastolic flow decrease was calculated as the flow - pressure slope index (FPSI) and the X-intercept of the slope was calculated as zero-flow pressure (Pzf). The slope of the curve increased from 2.0+/-2.6 to 4.5+/-4.1 (p
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