Transthoracic Doppler echocardiographic comparison of left internal mammary grafts to left anterior descending coronary artery with ungrafted right internal mammary arteries in patients with and without myocardial ischemia by dobutamine stress echocardiography

Date
2000-11-01Author
Arruda, A. M.
Pellikka, P. A.
Mahoney, D. W.
Joseph, A.
Mathias, W.
Seward, J. B.
Type
ArtigoISSN
0002-9149Is part of
American Journal of CardiologyDOI
10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01122-XMetadata
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To characterize Doppler flow patterns of the grafted left internal mammary artery (LIMA) in patients with and without dobutamine stress induced wall motion abnormalities in the graft distribution, we studied 29 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery using LIMA grafts to the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). the ungrafted right internal mammary artery (RIMA) was used as a control. RIMA Doppler flow pattern was predominantly systolic in all patients. in patients without ischemia in the LAD distribution, LIMA flow was predominantly diastolic. in patients with ischemia, LIMA flow was predominantly systolic. in the grafted LIMA, a ratio of diastolic to systolic time-velocity integral of >1.5 best showed absence of ischemia in the graft distribution. in summary, characterization of the Doppler flow pattern in the internal mammary arteries is feasible. in the grafted LIMA, ratios of diastolic to systolic flow are less in patients with on ischemic response in the subtended vascular bed than in those without ischemia. (C)2000 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.
Citation
American Journal of Cardiology. New York: Excerpta Medica Inc, v. 86, n. 9, p. 919-922, 2000.Collections
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