title: Noninvasive recognition of asymptomatic left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy by conventional transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
abstract: The noninvasive determination of the blood flow velocity in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) at color Doppler echocardiography may provide useful clinical information. In this report, the authors describe the case of a patient with left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to hypertension in whom a critical but asymptomatic LAD stenosis was diagnosed at conventional echocardiography without resorting to pharmacological stress.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit, Clinical and Experimental Department of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University Hospital, Messina, Italy. cesaredegregorio1@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Gregorio
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saporito
authors.forename: Scipione
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carerj
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coglitore
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oreto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male