Myocardial contrast echocardiography demonstrates that collateral flow can preserve myocardial function beyond a chronically occluded coronary artery.
Myocardial contrast echocardiography, unlike coronary angiography, can define collateral perfusion. This study shows that collateral blood flow can preserve myocardial function beyond a chronically occluded coronary artery.
Cardiovascular Division, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22903, USA.
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Vernon
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Camarano
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Kaul
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Sarembock
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Gimple
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Powers
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Ragosta
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology