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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion during graded coronary stenosis by real-time myocardial contrast echo refilling curves

^a Cardiovascular Division, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

Manuscript received April 17, 2000; revised manuscript received September 7, 2000, accepted September 14, 2000.

Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Anthony N. DeMaria, Cardiovascular Division, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Street, San Diego, California 92103
ademaria{at}ucsd.edu

OBJECTIVES

The present study examined the ability of real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) to delineate abnormalities produced by graded coronary stenoses and to correlate signal intensity (SI) parameters derived from destruction/refilling curves with regional myocardial blood flow (MBF) and contractile function.

BACKGROUND

Recent technological advances have enabled myocardial opacification by MCE to be achieved during real-time imaging.

METHODS

In eight open-chest dogs, we created LAD occlusion and graded stenoses that were either flow-limiting at rest (FLS) or reduced adenosine hyperemia (non-flow-limiting at rest = NFLS). Myocardial contrast echo used Optison infusion and low-energy real-time power pulse inversion imaging. High-energy FLASH frames destroyed bubbles every 15 cardiac cycles. Myocardial SI-versus-time plots were fitted to a one-exponential function to obtain the rate of SI rise (b) and peak SI in the last frame.

RESULTS

Dyssynergy was not observed during any NFLS, but perfusion abnormalities were. Visual detection of decreased opacification was possible with severe NFLS and FLS. b demonstrated a significant reduction with severe NFLS and near significant with moderate NFLS; peak SI did not. All exponential parameters were significantly decreased with FL stenosis and occlusion. The MBF ratio in LAD/LCx beds (fluorescent microspheres) correlated with b (r = 0.79) and the product of the peak SI and b (r = 0.80).

CONCLUSIONS

In an open-chest dog model, parameters derived from microbubble refilling of the imaging field by real-time MCE correlate well with myocardial blood flow and can identify coronary stenosis.

Abbreviations and Acronyms   ECG = electrocardiogram   FLS = flow-limiting stenosis   LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery   LCx = left circumflex coronary artery   LV = left ventricular   MBF = myocardial blood flow   MCE = myocardial contrast echocardiography   NFLS = non-flow-limiting stenosis   PPI = power pulse inversion   ROI = regions of interest   SI = signal intensity   WT = wall thickening

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