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Original Article

Volume 2, Number 4, August 2011, pages 174-180


Coronary Flow Reserve of the Non-Ischemia Related Coronary Artery During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Scattergram of diastolic left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) velocity before and after dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Scattergram of coronary flow reserve of the left anterior descending coronary artery as a function of diastolic velocity at rest.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Scattregram of coronary flow reserve of the left anterior descending coronary artery as a function of wall motion score index (WMSI) after dobutamine stress echocardiography.

Tables

Table 1. LAD Parameters Before and After DSE
 
VD (cm/sec)TVID (cm)Diastolic Flow (mL/min)Systolic Flow (mL/min)Total Flow (mL/min)
Value: mean ± SD. SD: standard deviation.
All subjects (n = 69)Rest28.5 ± 13.69 ± 3.836.5 ± 23.811.6 ± 12.247.6 ± 34.8
DSE52.4 ± 23.710.5 ± 4.775.75 ± 48.723.8 ± 22.799.8 ± 68.2
P-value9.5 × 10-110.041.21×10-70.0002424.58 × 10-7
With WMA (n = 41)Rest33 ± 1810 ±4.841 ± 29.712.6 ± 1553.6 ± 43
DSE56.7 ± 2911 ±5.875.1 ± 5524.4 ± 22.799.5 ± 74
P-value0.00080.470.0090.0350.01
Without WMA (n = 28)Rest25.5 ± 8.68.23 ±2.933.5 ± 18.711 ± 1043.6 ± 28.4
DSE49.5 ± 19.210.1 ±3.976 ± 44.723.88 ± 23.3100 ± 65.3
P-value1.17 × 10-90.0151.72 × 10-60.002891.05 × 10-5

 

Table 2. LAD-CFR Parameters in All Subjects
 
CFR VDCFR VSCFR TVIDCFR TVISCFR Diastolic FlowCFR Systolic FlowCFR Total Flow
Value: mean ± SD. SD: standard deviation.
All subjects2.08 ± 0.72.04 ± 1.51.23 ± 0.41.45 ± 1.092.6 ± 2.82.9 ± 3.32.57 ± 2.79
With Ischemia1.77 ± 0.561.4 ± 0.561.13 ± 0.31.48 ± 1.351.88 ± 0.572.6 ± 2.41.97 ± 0.66
Without Ischemia2.4 ± 0.72.45 ± 1.781.3 ± 0.551.4 ± 0.893.3 ± 3.73.13 ± 3.72.98 ± 3.5
P- value0.00080.0010.120.840.0450.50.09