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Figure 2 Coronary flow velocity configuration in a representative patient (a 55-year-old man) with ESRF and an extremely high DSVR immediately after successful primary coronary stenting. An obstructed lesion is present at the same site in the left anterior descending coronary artery as in Figure 1 (top panels). He was also treated with primary coronary stenting and showed satisfactory dilation of the culprit lesion angiographically in the acute phase. However, his coronary flow velocity pattern (bottom panel) distinctly differed from that seen in Figure 1. He had almost no systolic antegrade flow, ESRF (arrows) and an extremely high DSVR (= 32). DSVR = diastolic to systolic velocity ratio of coronary flow; ESRF = early systolic reverse flow.
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