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Corrected TIMI frame count and frame count velocity
Background:
Little is known about the differences between the corrected thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count (CTFC) and the 'frame count velocity' (FCV), an estimate of blood flow velocity derived from the TFC and the length of the related vessel, in each of the three epicardial coronary arteries.
Methods:
After angioplasty of 119 coronary vessels, 50 left anterior descending (LAD), 27 left circumflex (LCX) and 42 right coronary arteries (RCA), the CTFC was compared with the FCV assessed by measuring the length of the coronary arteries with an intracoronary guidewire.
Results:
The three vessels show a significant difference in mean length (the LAD was 14.5±1.6 cm, LCX 12.8±1.9 cm and RCA 11.3±1.4 cm, p<0.001 for all comparisons), making it possible to convert the TFC to the FCV with reasonable accuracy without having to use a guidewire. The mean length of the LCX and the RCA was found to be considerably longer than in previous reports on which the CTFC is based. In addition, with this method the estimation of the coronary blood flow velocity in the RCA is significantly higher compared with the LAD and LCX (23.0±7.9 cm/sec versus 17.6±7.4 cm/sec and 16.4±6.3 cm/sec, respectively, p<0.001).
Conclusion:
With the TFC and the average length of the related coronary artery presented in this study, the FCV can be calculated for each of the three vessels resulting in a simple and, compared with the CTFC, more accurate angiographic estimation of the coronary blood flow velocity.
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