Visualization and measurement of flow velocity and flow reserve in aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts by transesophageal echocardiography

P A Chandraratna; T Tak; Y Ismail; S Curry; R Hurvitz; T Prendergast

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00554-7

Visualization and measurement of flow velocity and flow reserve in aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts by transesophageal echocardiography

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Oct 1;80(7):955-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00554-7.

Authors

P A Chandraratna¹, T Tak, Y Ismail, S Curry, R Hurvitz, T Prendergast

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, LAC and USC Medical Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA.

PMID: 9382017
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00554-7

Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography was used to image bypass grafts and measure flow reserve in these conduits. Imaging and measurement of flow reserve were feasible in most patients.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Blood Flow Velocity
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Saphenous Vein / diagnostic imaging*
Saphenous Vein / physiology
Saphenous Vein / transplantation