Blood flow in coronary artery bypass vein grafts: volume versus velocity at cardiovascular MR imaging.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
Forty-nine patients with previous bypass surgery underwent coronary angiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of single-vein bypass grafts. Volume flow and velocity analyses were performed and compared on MR velocity maps. Bland-Altman analysis showed close agreement between the two types of analysis. Comparison of areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve revealed no significant differences between the analyses for detection of stenoses of 70% or greater. Diagnostic accuracy for volume flow and velocity parameters was 92% and 93%, respectively. Velocity analysis appears to be the preferred method, because it is less time-consuming and has a similar diagnostic accuracy to volume flow analysis.
Medical subject headings
- Coronary Artery Bypass
- Coronary Circulation
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging