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Stress perfusion vs. reserve
23. Cecchi F, Olivotto I, Gistri R, Lorenzoni R, Chiriatti G, Camici PG. Coronary microvascular dysfunction and prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1027 –35. 24. Neglia D, Michelassi C, Trivieri MG, Sambuceti G, Giorgetti A, Pratali L et al. Prognostic role of myocardial blood flow impairment in idiopathic left ventricular dysfunction. Circulation 2002;105:186 –93. 25. Johnson NP, Gould KL. Integrating noninvasive absolute flow, coronary flow reserve, and ischemic thresholds into a comprehensive map of physiological severity. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2012;5:430 –40. 26. Kajander S, Joutsiniemi E, Saraste M, Pietila¨ M, Ukkonen H, Saraste A et al. Cardiac positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging accurately detects anatomically and functionally significant coronary artery disease. Circulation 2010; 122:603 –13. 27. Hutchins GD, Schwaiger M, Rosenspire KC, Krivokapich J, Schelbert H, Kuhl DE. Noninvasive quantification of regional blood flow in the human heart using N-13
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ammonia and dynamic positron emission tomographic imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990;15:1032 – 42. Bo¨ttcher M, Czernin J, Sun K, Phelps ME, Schelbert HR. Effect of beta 1 adrenergic receptor blockade on myocardial blood flow and vasodilatory capacity. J Nucl Med 1997;38:442 –6. Ozdemir M, Yazici GE, Turkoglu S, Timurkaynak T, Cengel A. Metoprolol does not effect myocardial fractional flow reserve in patients with intermediate coronary stenosis. Int heart J 2007;48:477 –83. Nekolla SG, Reder S, Saraste A, Higuchi T, Dzewas G, Preissel A et al. Evaluation of the novel myocardial perfusion positron-emission tomography tracer 18F-BMS-747158 –02: comparison to 13N-ammonia and validation with microspheres in a pig model. Circulation 2009;119:2333 –42. Melikian N, De Bondt P, Tonino P, De Winter O, Wyffels E, Bartunek J et al. Fractional flow reserve and myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with angiographic multivessel coronary artery disease. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2010;3:307–14.
IMAGE FOCUS
doi:10.1093/ehjci/jet266 Online publish-ahead-of-print 29 December 2013
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Jose´ Luis Moya Mur1*, Tomasa Centella-Herna´ndez2, Jorge Sebastia´n Reyes Villanes1, Covadonga Fernandez Golfı´n1, and Jose´-Luis Zamorano Go´mez1 1
Department of Cardiology, Ramo´n y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain and 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ramo´n y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
* Corresponding author. Tel: +34 679227662, Email: [email protected]
A 25-year-old asymptomatic woman showed, in two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), a membrane in the left atrium (LA) diagnostic of cor triatriatum sinister. A threedimensional (3D) TTE (view from the left ventricle; Panel A and Supplementary data online, Video S1) and from LA’s posterior wall (Panels B1 –B3) showed the membrane (asterisk) with three orifices [superior-left: red arrow (1.2 cm2); inferior-right: yellow arrow (3.9 cm2), and superior-medial: green arrow (0.4 cm2)] with non-restrictive flow (Panel B2). The membrane originated from the left inferior pulmonary vein [LIPV; lateral view from the interatrial septum (Panels C1 and C2)] rising from the antero-inferior part of the LA to the postero-superior region. A lateral and axial multislice study (Panels D1 –D2) confirmed these findings. Surgery was not considered. The 3D TTE defines the anatomy and functionality of the membrane (location, number, and size of the orifices) and has the advantage, over transoesophageal echocardiography, of being able to analyse all the LA in a single volume. M, mitral; Ao, aorta. Supplementary data are available at European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging online. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. & The Author 2013. For permissions please email: [email protected]
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Cor triatriatum sinister
Stress perfusion vs. reserve
23. Cecchi F, Olivotto I, Gistri R, Lorenzoni R, Chiriatti G, Camici PG. Coronary microvascular dysfunction and prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1027 –35. 24. Neglia D, Michelassi C, Trivieri MG, Sambuceti G, Giorgetti A, Pratali L et al. Prognostic role of myocardial blood flow impairment in idiopathic left ventricular dysfunction. Circulation 2002;105:186 –93. 25. Johnson NP, Gould KL. Integrating noninvasive absolute flow, coronary flow reserve, and ischemic thresholds into a comprehensive map of physiological severity. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2012;5:430 –40. 26. Kajander S, Joutsiniemi E, Saraste M, Pietila¨ M, Ukkonen H, Saraste A et al. Cardiac positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging accurately detects anatomically and functionally significant coronary artery disease. Circulation 2010; 122:603 –13. 27. Hutchins GD, Schwaiger M, Rosenspire KC, Krivokapich J, Schelbert H, Kuhl DE. Noninvasive quantification of regional blood flow in the human heart using N-13
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ammonia and dynamic positron emission tomographic imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990;15:1032 – 42. Bo¨ttcher M, Czernin J, Sun K, Phelps ME, Schelbert HR. Effect of beta 1 adrenergic receptor blockade on myocardial blood flow and vasodilatory capacity. J Nucl Med 1997;38:442 –6. Ozdemir M, Yazici GE, Turkoglu S, Timurkaynak T, Cengel A. Metoprolol does not effect myocardial fractional flow reserve in patients with intermediate coronary stenosis. Int heart J 2007;48:477 –83. Nekolla SG, Reder S, Saraste A, Higuchi T, Dzewas G, Preissel A et al. Evaluation of the novel myocardial perfusion positron-emission tomography tracer 18F-BMS-747158 –02: comparison to 13N-ammonia and validation with microspheres in a pig model. Circulation 2009;119:2333 –42. Melikian N, De Bondt P, Tonino P, De Winter O, Wyffels E, Bartunek J et al. Fractional flow reserve and myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with angiographic multivessel coronary artery disease. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2010;3:307–14.
IMAGE FOCUS
doi:10.1093/ehjci/jet266 Online publish-ahead-of-print 29 December 2013
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Jose´ Luis Moya Mur1*, Tomasa Centella-Herna´ndez2, Jorge Sebastia´n Reyes Villanes1, Covadonga Fernandez Golfı´n1, and Jose´-Luis Zamorano Go´mez1 1
Department of Cardiology, Ramo´n y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain and 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ramo´n y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
* Corresponding author. Tel: +34 679227662, Email: [email protected]
A 25-year-old asymptomatic woman showed, in two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), a membrane in the left atrium (LA) diagnostic of cor triatriatum sinister. A threedimensional (3D) TTE (view from the left ventricle; Panel A and Supplementary data online, Video S1) and from LA’s posterior wall (Panels B1 –B3) showed the membrane (asterisk) with three orifices [superior-left: red arrow (1.2 cm2); inferior-right: yellow arrow (3.9 cm2), and superior-medial: green arrow (0.4 cm2)] with non-restrictive flow (Panel B2). The membrane originated from the left inferior pulmonary vein [LIPV; lateral view from the interatrial septum (Panels C1 and C2)] rising from the antero-inferior part of the LA to the postero-superior region. A lateral and axial multislice study (Panels D1 –D2) confirmed these findings. Surgery was not considered. The 3D TTE defines the anatomy and functionality of the membrane (location, number, and size of the orifices) and has the advantage, over transoesophageal echocardiography, of being able to analyse all the LA in a single volume. M, mitral; Ao, aorta. Supplementary data are available at European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging online. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. & The Author 2013. For permissions please email: [email protected]
Downloaded from by guest on November 18, 2015
Cor triatriatum sinister
