title: [The clinical value of coronary flow reserve in ischemic heart disease as measured by dipyridamole stress transesophageal echocardiography].
abstract: The relationship between coronary flow reserve and the result of coronarography was examined. 152 patients were investigated by stress transoesophageal echocardiography and coronary angiography. The value of coronary flow reserve was significantly lower in cases of significant coronary stenosis than in those patients who had a normal coronarography (in patients with left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis: 1.77 +/- 0.47 vs in cases with normal coronary angiogram: 3.19 +/- 1.15). There was no difference in the value of CFR in those cases where not only LAD stenosis but CX or RC stenosis was also found. The value of coronary flow reserve was significantly higher in RC or CX patients than that of LAD patients. In patients with positive stress and negative coronarography (X syndrome) the coronary flow reserve was 1.23 +/- 0.2, which value was significantly lower as compared to patients with significant coronary stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Szent-Györgyi Albert Orvos- és Gyógyszerésztudományi Centrum, II. Belgyógyászati Klinika és Kardiológiai Központ.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nemes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pálinkás
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vass
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borthaiser
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ungi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thury
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Litvai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nádaskay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Csanády
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004176:Dipyridamole; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004176:Dipyridamole