Assessment of the hemodynamic significance of a left internal mammary artery graft-pulmonary artery shunt in a post-bypass patient using a Doppler-tipped guide wire

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1993 May;29(1):52-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810290112.

Abstract

We assessed the hemodynamic significance of a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft-pulmonary artery (PA) fistula in a post-bypass patient with chest pain. A Doppler-tipped guide wire and quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) were used to demonstrate that flow through the proximal LIMA (14.0 ml/min) was similar to the distal LIMA's contribution of flow to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) (15.6 ml/min), suggesting that the fistula was not hemodynamically significant. Therefore, intravascular Doppler and quantitative angiography may be used to assess the hemodynamic significance of a LIMA-PA fistula in a post-bypass patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / etiology*
  • Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Coronary Circulation / physiology
  • Hemodynamics / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonics
  • Ultrasonography