Open AccessCoronary Branch Steal
Author(s) -
K. Lance Gould,
Richard L. Kirkeeide,
Nils P. Johnson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.110.937656
Subject(s) - stenosis , medicine , circumflex , coronary arteries , cardiology , reactive hyperemia , artery , perfusion , fractional flow reserve , blood flow , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
fluid dynamic analysis predicts a new concept in coronary physiology that we call "branch steal," whereby stenosis proximal and distal to arterial branching interact with the nonstenotic branch between stenosis that shunts or "steals" flow away from the distal stenotic artery during reactive hyperemia, tested experimentally.
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