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Figure 2 Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) at end systole (apical two-chamber view [A]) 24 h after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in a patient with reperfusion (arrowheads) defined by MCE after inferior acute myocardial infarction. The coronary flow velocity pattern in the right coronary artery immediately after revascularization (B) and at 24-h follow-up (C) differs substantially from that seen in Figure 1. The coronary flow velocity pattern showed an increase in the average peak flow velocity (ASPV) from 10 cm/s immediately after revascularization to 22 cm/s at 24-h follow-up. DDT = diastolic deceleration time; DSVR = diastolic-systolic velocity ratio.
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