Non-invasive assessment of coronary flow and coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: a magic tool for the real world.
Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, introduced in the echo-lab in recent last years, to measure coronary flow and coronary flow reserve, is a very attractive tool, totally non-invasive, and easily available at bedside. This review summarizes the actual possibilities of this tool, its multiple potential clinical applications and diagnostic insights, and its arising prognosis value, in coronary artery disease as in various settings affecting the coronary microcirculation.
Meimoun
Patrick
P
Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Compiègne Hospital, 8 rue Henri Adnot, 60200 Compiègne, France.
Tribouilloy
Christophe
C
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012212:Rheology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
D014665:Vasodilator Agents