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In 1948, Eckenhoff et al. [1] described a method of measuring coronary flow based on the principle that an inert gas (nitrous oxide) diffuses across the capillary membrane in proportion to the rate of coronary flow. A concentration curve was obtained by sampling from the coronary sinus and by applying the Fick principle, myocardial flow may be calculated. Several different gases have been employed (H-2 helium, argon and radioactive xenon-133) with arterial or coronary venous sampling to construct desaturation curves.
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Tweddel, A.C., Martin, W. (1992). Myocardial perfusion imaging with xenon-133. In: van der Wall, E.E., Sochor, H., Righetti, A., Niemeyer, M.G. (eds) What’s New in Cardiac Imaging?. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 133. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2456-0_4
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