Visualization and measurement of flow velocity and flow reserve in aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts by transesophageal echocardiography.
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.
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Division of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, LAC and USC Medical Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
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Ismail
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Hurvitz
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Prendergast
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation