• Am. J. Cardiol. · May 2004

    Usefulness of myocardial contrast echocardiography in predicting collateral blood flow in the presence of a persistently occluded acute myocardial infarction-related coronary artery.

    • Rajesh Janardhanan, Leah Burden, and Roxy Senior.
    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom.
    • Am. J. Cardiol. 2004 May 15; 93 (10): 1207-11.

    AbstractAdequate collateral blood flow at rest can sustain myocardial viability despite persistent occlusion of the infarct-related artery (IRA) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This has therapeutic and prognostic implications. Studies addressing the value of intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) to detect collateral blood flow after AMI in humans are limited. Accordingly, 70 consecutive patients with AMI underwent low-power intravenous MCE using a Sonovue infusion 7 to 10 days after thrombolysis. Myocardial perfusion detected by MCE was analyzed (qualitatively and quantitatively) in the akinetic segments in 20 patients (29%) with an occluded IRA who subsequently underwent revascularization. Contractile reserve, which is a marker of myocardial viability, was assessed with low-dose dobutamine 12 weeks after mechanical revascularization. Of the 102 akinetic segments (32%), 37 (36%) showed contractile reserve. Contractile reserve was present in 24 of the 29 segments (83%) with homogenous contrast opacification and absent in 60 of the 73 segments (82%) with reduced/absent opacification. Quantitative peak contrast intensity, microbubble velocity, and myocardial blood flow were significantly higher (p <0.0001) in the segments with contractile reserve than in those without contractile reserve. Multiple logistic regression analysis using electrocardiographic, biochemical, and myocardial contrast echocardiographic markers of collateral blood flow showed that MCE (odds ratio 26.0, 95% confidence interval 6.3 to 108.0, p <0.001) was the only independent predictor of collateral blood flow as demonstrated by the presence of contractile reserve. MCE may thus be used as a reliable bedside technique for the accurate evaluation of collateral blood flow in the presence of an occluded IRA after AMI.

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