title: Regional myocardial blood flow measured by stress multidetector computed tomography as a predictor of recovery of left ventricular function after coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) applications have expanded to evaluation of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and viability. We quantified regional MBF pre- and post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using adenosine stress and cardiac 64-MDCT, and investigated whether the results predict MBF and left ventricular (LV) function recovery after CABG.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 321 regions in 19 CABG patients who underwent adenosine stress 64-row MDCT perfusion imaging and cine magnetic resonance imaging pre- and post-CABG. Myocardial blood flow was estimated from linear regression equation slopes using Patlak plot analyses and compared with LV function by measuring wall thickening (%WT) using cine magnetic resonance imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall mean MBFs were 1.39 +/- 0.49 and 1.95 +/- 0.49 mL/(g min) pre- and post-CABG (P < .0001). Myocardial blood flow in revascularized areas increased significantly (pre-CABG 1.18 +/- 0.45, post-CABG 1.99 +/- 0.66 mL/[g min], P < .001), whereas nonischemic areas showed no difference (1.79 +/- 0.70 and 1.97 +/- 0.46 mL/[g min], P = .14). Revascularized areas with preoperative MBF > or = 0.9 mL/(g min) showed significantly greater MBF improvement than those with preoperative MBF <0.9 mL/(g min) (P = .04). In patients with preoperative LV dysfunction (ejection fraction <40%), %WT in revascularized areas with pre-CABG MBF > or = 0.9 mL/(g min) improved significantly after CABG (pre-%WT 40.9 +/- 22.9, post-%WT 52.8 +/- 20.6, P = .03) versus those with pre-CABG MBF <0.9 mL/(g min) (pre-%WT 53.2 +/- 35.5, post-%WT 42.5 +/- 17.0, P = .40).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results demonstrated more significantly increased MBF post-CABG than pre-CABG, particularly in revascularized areas. Regional MBF before CABG may predict MBF and LV function recovery, in the short term, after CABG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime University, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shikata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: Kanji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: Teruhito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Yuma
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Michinobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Higashino
authors.forename: Teruhito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryugo
authors.forename: Mitsugi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagashima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left