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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on February 19, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen004
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Non-invasive assessment of coronary flow and coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: a magic tool for the real world

Patrick Meimoun1,* and Christophe Tribouilloy2

1 Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Compiègne Hospital, 8 rue Henri Adnot, 60200 Compiègne, France
2 INSERM, ERI 12, Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens, Amiens, France

Received 2 August 2007; accepted after revision 28 October 2007.

* Corresponding author: Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Compiegne Hospital, 8 rue Henri Adnot, 60200 Compiegne, France. Tel.: +33 3 44 23 62 39; fax: +33 3 44 23 62 38. E-mail address: patrickmeimoun{at}free.fr


  Abstract

Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, introduced in the echo-lab in recent last years, to measure coronary flow and coronary flow reserve, is a very attractive tool, totally non-invasive, and easily available at bedside. This review summarizes the actual possibilities of this tool, its multiple potential clinical applications and diagnostic insights, and its arising prognosis value, in coronary artery disease as in various settings affecting the coronary microcirculation.

Keywords: Coronary flow; Coronary flow reserve; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography


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