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(Circulation. 1995;92:2457-2462.)
© 1995 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Coronary Arterial Flow-Velocity Dynamics in Children With Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries
From the Division of Pediatrics, Children's Research Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Correspondence to Kenji Hamaoka, MD, Division of Pediatrics, Children's Research Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602, Japan.
Background There have been few reports about coronary hemodynamics in children during the process of growth. In the present study, to assess the characteristics of coronary flow dynamics in children, we examined the phasic coronary flow-velocity (CFV) patterns at rest and during peak hyperemic responses in children with angiographically normal coronary arteries.
Methods and Results Spectral Doppler phasic coronary flow velocity was recorded with a 0.018-in intracoronary Doppler guidewire at rest and during peak responses after intracoronary bolus injection of ATP in 30 patients with Kawasaki's disease (age, 8.2±5.1 years; 24 boys and 6 girls) without angiographic coronary lesions. Average peak velocity (APV), maximum peak velocity (MPV), and diastolic-to-systolic velocity ratio (DSVR) were evaluated in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), left circumflex artery (LCx), and right coronary artery (RCA). Coronary vasodilator reserve (coronary flow reserve [CFR]) was calculated as the ratio of ATP-induced hyperemic to baseline APV. Flow-velocity parameters in RCA were significantly lower than those in the LAD and LCx in both proximal and distal portions. Although the distal LCx had significantly lower values of APV and MPV than did the proximal LCx, there was no significant difference between the proximal and distal portions of the LAD and RCA for APV and MPV. All three coronary vessels showed a diastolic dominant flow pattern in each segment. This coronary flow pattern was less marked in the RCA than in the LCA. All three coronary vessels showed a significant increase in APV and a significant decrease in DSVR after ATP administration. CFR was significantly lower in the LCx than in the LAD or RCA (P<.01: 1.93±0.34 in LCx versus 2.32±0.42 in LAD and 2.37±0.44 in RCA). From the view of aging, it was revealed that APV values in three vessels were higher in the younger group than in the older group. CFR values in the LAD and LCx were significantly lower in the younger group than in the older group (P<.001 in LAD: 2.01±0.28 in the younger versus 2.53±0.37 in the older; P<.01 in LCx: 1.61±0.15 in the younger versus 2.06±0.31 in the older). In addition, intracoronary injection of ATP did not increase the absolute angiographic coronary luminal diameter.
Conclusions With the use of an intracoronary Doppler guidewire, we demonstrated that there are some characteristic findings in CFV dynamics in childhood. These physiological characteristics in CFV dynamics that occur with aging and occur in each vessel must be taken into consideration in the study of the coronary circulation in children.
Key Words: coronary flow-velocity • pediatrics • catheterization
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