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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2000; 35:1835-1841
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CLINICAL STUDIES

Coronary flow velocity immediately after primary coronary stenting as a predictor of ventricular wall motion recovery in acute myocardial infarction

Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, MD*, Masato Nakamura, MDb, Taro Tsunoda, MD*, Hiroko Toma, MD*, Toshiyuki Degawa, MD*, Takashi Oki, MDb and Tetsu Yamaguchi, MD*

b Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
* the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Manuscript received January 15, 1999; revised manuscript received December 16, 1999, accepted February 14, 2000.

Reprint requests and correspondence: Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima-city, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
wakatsuki{at}clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the pattern of coronary blood flow velocity immediately after successful primary stenting and the recovery of left ventricular (LV) wall motion in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

BACKGROUND

It is difficult to predict the recovery of LV wall motion immediately after direct angioplasty in AMI. Recent reports indicate that dysfunctional coronary microcirculation is an important determinant of prognosis for AMI patients after successful reperfusion.

METHODS

We measured left anterior descending coronary flow velocity variables using a Doppler guide wire immediately after successful primary stenting in 31 patients with their first anterior AMI. The patients were divided into two groups: those with and those without early systolic reverse flow (ESRF). Changes in LV regional wall motion (RWM) and ejection fraction (EF) at admission and at discharge were compared between the two groups. Coronary flow velocity variables immediately after primary stenting were compared with changes in left ventriculographic indexes.

RESULTS

The change in RWM was significantly greater in the non-ESRF group than it was in the ESRF group (0.9 ± 0.7 vs. –0.1 ± 0.3 standard deviation/chord, respectively, p < 0.001). The change in EF was also significantly greater in the non-ESRF group than it was in the ESRF group (10 ± 10 vs. 1 ± 6%, respectively, p < 0.05). In the non-ESRF group (diastolic to systolic velocity ratio [DSVR] <3.0), the DSVR correlated positively with the change in RWM (r = 0.60, p < 0.005, n = 24) and the change in EF (r = 0.52, p < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS

The coronary flow velocity pattern measured immediately after successful primary stenting is predictive of the recovery of regional and global LV function in patients with AMI.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  ANCOVA = analysis of covariance
  AMI = acute myocardial infarction
  CPK = creatine phosphokinase
  DSVR = diastolic to systolic velocity ratio of coronary flow
  EF = ejection fraction
  ESRF = early systolic reverse flow
  LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery
  LV = left ventricle
  RWM = regional wall motion
  SD = standard deviation
  TIMI = Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction




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