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Meenakshi K, Swaminathan S, Manickam R. Role of transthoracic echocardiography in the estimation of coronary sinus blood flow in coronary artery disease. Heart Asia. 2013;5(1):168-71doi: 10.1136/heartasia-2013-010346.
Meenakshi, K., Swaminathan, S., & Manickam, R. (2013). Role of transthoracic echocardiography in the estimation of coronary sinus blood flow in coronary artery disease. Heart Asia, 5(1), 168-71. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartasia-2013-010346
Meenakshi, K, et al. "Role of transthoracic echocardiography in the estimation of coronary sinus blood flow in coronary artery disease." Heart Asia vol. 5,1 (2013): 168-71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartasia-2013-010346
Meenakshi K, Swaminathan S, Manickam R. Role of transthoracic echocardiography in the estimation of coronary sinus blood flow in coronary artery disease. Heart Asia. 2013 Jul 31;5(1):168-71. doi: 10.1136/heartasia-2013-010346. eCollection 2013. PMID: 27326114; PMCID: PMC4832689.
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Heart Asia. 2013 Jul 31;5(1):168-71. doi: 10.1136/heartasia-2013-010346. eCollection 2013.

Role of transthoracic echocardiography in the estimation of coronary sinus blood flow in coronary artery disease.

Heart Asia

K Meenakshi, Srikumar Swaminathan, Rajendran Manickam

Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiology , Madras Medical College , Chennai, Tamilnadu , India.

PMID: 27326114 PMCID: PMC4832689 DOI: 10.1136/heartasia-2013-010346

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coronary sinus blood flow (CSBF) is reduced in coronary artery disease (CAD).

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in assessing CSBF in patients with CAD.

METHODS AND RESULTS: 232 patients with CAD, including 28 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (thrombolysed), 80 patients with unstable angina and delayed presentation MI, 80 patients admitted for coronary angiography (CAG) and 44 patients awaiting percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were evaluated with TTE to obtain CSBF values; results were compared with those of controls. In the CAG group, the correlation between CSBF and lesion severity was assessed while in the thrombolysis and PTCA groups, CSBF levels before and after treatment were evaluated. The control group had a coronary sinus diameter of 8.73±2.08 mm and mean CSBF of 441±172 mL/min. Both the diameter and mean CSBF levels were reduced in patients with CAD. In the AMI group, patients with anterior wall myocardial infarction (AWMI) showed a greater percentage increase in CSBF after thrombolysis than patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction (IWMI). In the CAG group, patients with lower CSBF values (<300 mL/min) had more multivessel involvement, especially in patients with AWMI than in those with IWMI. In the PTCA group, patients with AWMI with initial CSBF levels <300 mL/min had a greater percentage increase in CSBF levels after stenting than patients with AWMI with CSBF values >300 mL/min.

CONCLUSIONS: Non-invasive assessment of CSBF by TTE is a simple, cost-effective, imaging modality in patients with CAD, especially for risk stratification and assessing therapeutic success.

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