Key result
Intraoperative epicardial ultrasound detects significant LAD stenosis in 3 patients unsuitable for preoperative angiography.
Why the study?
Some patients scheduled for cardiac operations other than coronary artery bypass are unsuitable for preoperative coronary angiography, requiring alternative methods to detect coronary stenosis.
Does intraoperative high-resolution epicardial ultrasound detect significant coronary stenosis in patients scheduled for cardiac operations who cannot undergo preoperative coronary angiography?
Population
3 patients scheduled for cardiac operations other than coronary artery bypass unsuitable for preoperative coronary angiography
Comparison
Intraoperative high-resolution epicardial ultrasound to detect coronary stenosis
Design
Case report
Authors
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May support intraoperative coronary assessment when angiography is infeasible; leaves open routine adoption pending prospective validation.
Case Report (n=3)
Does intraoperative high-resolution epicardial ultrasound detect significant coronary stenosis in patients scheduled for cardiac operations who cannot undergo preoperative coronary angiography?
Intraoperative high-resolution epicardial ultrasound can effectively detect significant coronary stenosis in patients undergoing non-CABG cardiac surgery who cannot have preoperative angiography.
Giammarco et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Patients scheduled for cardiac operations other than coronary artery bypass unsuitable for preoperative coronary angiography (n=3). Intraoperative high-resolution epicardial ultrasound was evaluated on Detection of significant coronary stenosis. Intraoperative high-resolution epicardial ultrasound successfully detected significant stenosis in the left anterior descending coronary artery in 3 patients unsuitable for preoperative angiography.
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