Intracoronary Doppler flow to monitor the results of selective saphenous vein graft thrombolytic therapy.
Selective intracoronary thrombolytic therapy has recently been advocated as a technique to recanalize occluded coronary bypass grafts. We report a novel approach for monitoring the results of this treatment utilizing a coronary artery doppler flow guidewire. This approach may optimize the duration of thrombolytic treatment in these patients.
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Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
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D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional