Preservation of left ventricular ejection fraction during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty by distal transcatheter coronary perfusion of oxygenated fluosol DA 20%
Jaffe C, Wohlgelernter D, Cabin H, Bowman L, Deckelbaum L, Remetz M, Cleman M. Preservation of left ventricular ejection fraction during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty by distal transcatheter coronary perfusion of oxygenated fluosol DA 20%. American Heart Journal 1988, 115: 1156-1164. PMID: 2967624, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(88)90002-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular ejection fractionPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyEjection fractionCoronary perfusionBalloon inflationCoronary angioplastyDistal coronary perfusionLeft ventricular functionDistal coronary arteriesEnd-diastolic volumeEnd-systolic volumeTwo-dimensional echocardiographyFluosol-DA 20Area-length methodOxygenated perfluorocarbon emulsion