Dejan Milasinovic, Milorad Tesic, Olga Nedeljkovic Arsenovic, Ruzica Maksimovic, Dragana Sobic Saranovic, Dario Jelic, Milorad Zivkovic, Vladimir Dedovic, Stefan Juricic, Zlatko Mehmedbegovic, Olga Petrovic, Danijela Trifunovic Zamaklar, Ana Djordjevic Dikic, Vojislav Giga, Nikola Boskovic, Marija Klaric, Stefan Zaharijev, Lazar Travica, Djordje Dukic, Djordje Mladenovic, Milika Asanin, Goran Stankovic
Background : Coronary microvascular dysfunction is associated with adverse prognosis after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We aimed to compare the invasive, Doppler wire-based coronary flow reserve (CFR) with the non-invasive transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TTDE)-derived CFR, and their ability to predict infarct size. Methods : We included 36 patients with invasive Doppler wire assessment on days 3-7 after STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), of which TTDE-derived CFR was measured in 47 vessels (29 patients) within 6 h of the invasive Doppler...
April 24, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine