Open AccessValidation of a Doppler guide wire for intravascular measurement of coronary artery flow velocity.
Author(s) -
Joseph W. Doucette,
P D Corl,
Howard M. Payne,
Arthur Flynn,
M. Goto,
Menahem Nassí,
Jonathan Segal
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.85.5.1899
Subject(s) - medicine , doppler effect , cannula , blood flow , pulsatile flow , flow velocity , artery , biomedical engineering , nuclear medicine , radiology , cardiology , surgery , physics , astronomy , relaxation (psychology)
An improved intravascular ultrasonic Doppler device could aid the clinical assessment of coronary hemodynamics. We evaluated a new device consisting of a 12-MHz piezoelectric transducer integrated onto the tip of a 0.018-in. flexible, steerable angioplasty guide wire.
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