Table 1

Myocardial blood flow and coronary vasodilator reserve in hibernating segments

Pre-revascularisation Post-revascularisation p Value
MBF (ml/min/g)0.92 (0.30)0.95 (0.32)0.29
MBF-corr (ml/min/g)0.94 (0.34)0.95 (0.27)0.88
MBF-dip (ml/min/g)1.31 (0.65)1.86 (1.0)< 0.0001
CVR1.48 (0.66)2.0 (1.0)< 0.0001
CVR-corr1.47 (0.66)1.98 (1.0)< 0.0001

  • All values are mean (SD).

  • MBF, resting myocardial blood flow (ml/g/min); MBF-dip, myocardial blood flow after dipyridamole (ml/g/min); CVR, coronary vasodilator reserve; MBFcorr, corrected for rate–pressure product; CVRcorr, corrected for rate–pressure product.