title: Coronary flow reserve assessed by transesophageal echocardiography identifies early restenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery angioplasty.
abstract: Although an increase in diastolic coronary flow velocity can be detected by transesophageal echocardiography 72 hours after both successful and unsuccessful left anterior coronary artery angioplasty, a significant improvement in coronary flow reserve is observed only in patients with a successful procedure. Transesophageal echocardiography-derived coronary flow reserve can identify early restenosis and thus serve as an index of the outcome of the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Paraskevaidis
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Katritsis
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Tsiapras
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Kyriakides
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Korovesis
authors.lastname: Kremastinos DTh
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors