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Coronary Artery Imaging with Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography

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Coronary artery imaging with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography is a simple and useful technique to diagnose significant coronary artery stenosis. The visualization of mosaic flow in the proximal left coronary artery provides a direct indication of the presence of significant stenosis at the corresponding site during routine echocardiography. Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) has a high diagnostic accuracy and feasibility in detecting the presence of functionally significant coronary stenosis in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and in the right coronary artery. The measurement of CFVR in the LAD also provides prognostic information in patients with intermediate coronary stenosis. This review summarizes the utility of transthoracic coronary artery imaging.

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Takeuchi, M., Nakazono, A. Coronary Artery Imaging with Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography. Curr Cardiol Rep 18, 63 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-016-0740-y

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