title: Visualization and measurement of flow velocity and flow reserve in aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, LAC and USC Medical Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chandraratna
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tak
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hurvitz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prendergast
mesh_terms: 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