(Circulation. 1995;91:821-830.)
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Detection of Coronary Stenoses and Quantification of the Degree and Spatial Extent of Blood Flow Mismatch During Coronary Hyperemia With Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography
Presented in part at the 66th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Atlanta, Ga, November 8-11, 1993.
From the Cardiovascular Division, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
Correspondence to Sanjiv Kaul, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Box 158, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
Background We hypothesized that the degree and spatial extent of blood flow mismatch in beds supplied by stenoses that are not flow-limiting at rest can be quantified with myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) using left atrial (LA) and right atrial (RA) injections of contrast during pharmacologically induced coronary hyperemia.
Methods and Results In 12 open-chest dogs, MCE was performed and myocardial blood flow (MBF) was measured by use of radiolabeled microspheres at baseline and during phenylephrine-induced coronary hyperemia. In the presence of this drug, stenoses were placed during different stages on the left anterior descending (LAD) and left circumflex (LCx) coronary arteries, and MCE and MBF assessments were performed. LA injections of 2 mL of 0.5 billion/mL microbubbles (mean diameter, 4.3 µm) were performed at each stage in all 12 dogs, and RA injections of 10 mL of 6 billion/mL microbubbles (mean diameter, 3.7 to 5.3 µm) were administered in 7 dogs. MCE images in which the contrast disparity between the LAD and LCx beds was maximal were digitally subtracted from precontrast images, and mean videointensities in these beds were measured after the dynamic range of gray-scale intensities was increased in the subtracted image and the image was color coded. The region showing hypoperfusion during LAD stenosis was planimetered and expressed as a percentage of the myocardial area in the short-axis slice. There was an excellent correlation between the LAD/LCx bed videointensity ratio and LAD/LCx bed MBF ratio (y=0.5x+0.44, r=.91, P<.001) during 57 LA injections. There was also an excellent correlation between the hypoperfused bed size on MCE during LA injection of contrast in the presence of LAD stenosis and the hypoperfused myocardium as determined by radiolabeled microspheres (y=0.8x+4.2, r=.90, P<.001, SEE=2.4, n=11). The anterior myocardium was opacified in 6 dogs receiving RA injections of contrast, and the hypoperfused area during LAD stenosis correlated closely with that determined by radiolabeled microspheres (y=0.86x+3.4, r=.93, P<.01).
Conclusions Coronary stenoses, which are not flow limiting at rest, can be detected and the degree and spatial extent of blood flow mismatch during pharmacologically induced coronary hyperemia can be quantified with MCE using LA and RA injections of contrast. Thus, it is possible that the severity of coronary stenoses and the quantum of myocardium in jeopardy could be quantified in the future with MCE using venous injection of contrast.
Key Words: stenosis • blood flow • echocardiography
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