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Tissue Doppler echocardiography: a new method of evaluating perfusion-dependent myocardial function during PTCA
U Nixdorff1, H J Rupprecht, S Mohr-Kahaly
1II Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
International Journal of Cardiac Imaging
|April 1, 1997
Summary
Tissue Doppler echocardiography revealed decreased myocardial velocities during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). An autohaemoperfusion device maintained myocardial velocity gradients, potentially preserving contractility and viability.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Imaging
- Myocardial Physiology
Background:
- Growing need to understand coronary perfusion and myocardial function.
- Tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE) emerged to address this need.