title: Phasic coronary artery flow velocity determined by Doppler flowmeter catheter in aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation.
abstract: Phasic coronary artery flow velocity was recorded in 14 patients with aortic regurgitation (AR), 4 with aortic stenosis, 61 with other heart diseases and in 2 normal subjects by means of a bidirectional Doppler flowmeter catheter. The normal pattern of the phasic coronary artery flow velocity was characterized by a small forward flow during systole (S wave) and a large forward flow during diastole (D wave). The phasic coronary artery flow velocity in patients with AR showed increased S wave and decreased D wave. The area under the S-wave curve divided by the area under the D-wave curve (S/D ratio) in patients with AR increased (left coronary artery flow velocity 0.66 +/- 0.39, p less than 0.05; right coronary flow velocity 0.79 +/- 0.36, p less than 0.01) as compared with the S/D ratio in patients with other heart diseases (left coronary flow velocity 0.32 +/- 0.12; right coronary artery flow velocity 0.38 +/- 0.17). There was a tendency toward a relative positive correlation between S/D ratio values and AR cineangiographic grades. Decreased S/D ratios were observed in 4 patients with aortic stenosis. It is believed that no reports exist on phasic coronary flow velocity recorded in conscious patients who had aortic valve disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*