Maximal blood flow acceleration analysis in the early diastolic phase for in situ internal thoracic artery bypass grafts: a new transit-time flow measurement predictor of graft failure following coronary artery bypass grafting

Autor: Takemi Handa, Takashi Fukutomi, Kazumasa Orihashi, Miwa Tashiro, Nobuo Kondo, Hideaki Nishimori, Masaki Yamamoto
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 20(4)
ISSN: 1569-9285
Popis: OBJECTIVES: Maximal graft flow acceleration (max df/dt) determined by transit-time flowmetry (TTFM) in the diastolic phase was assessed as a possible predictor of graft failure in coronary artery bypass patients. METHODS: Max df/dt was retrospectively measured in 57 in situ left internal thoracic artery grafts. TTFM data were fitted to a 5-polynomial curve, which was derived from the first-derivative curve to measure max df/dt (5-polymial max df/dt). Abnormal TTFM was defined as a mean flow of 5 or diastolic filling ratio of
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