| Literature DB >> 27081301 |
Uttam Shrestha1, Elias H Botvinick2, Yerem Yeghiazarians2, Youngho Seo1, Grant T Gullberg3.
Abstract
Coronary steal (CS) is a physiological process that induces absolute decrease in blood flow in collateralized myocardium compared to resting flow during coronary vasodilation due to redistribution of blood away from collateral-dependent myocardium. Although, CS has been well known for decades, there are very few noninvasive perfusion studies in humans that quantitatively predict the existence of CS. In this study, we show that the quantitative measurement of absolute value of regional myocardial blood flow (MBF) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) using dynamic single photon emitted computed tomography (SPECT) can help estimate the presence of CS in myocardium with obstructed coronary artery and collateral circulation.Entities:
Year: 2014 PMID: 27081301 PMCID: PMC4829382 DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7430923
Source DB: PubMed Journal: IEEE Nucl Sci Symp Conf Rec (1997) ISSN: 1095-7863