Coronary sinus flow measured by pulsed Doppler ultrasound is a powerful indicator of coronary blood supply- a pig heart in vitro study

To evaluate the correlation between the coronary sinus flow and the infusion volume in the coronaries and assess the performance of coronary sinus flow in predicting coronary artery occlusion in an isolated pig heart. The coronary sinus flow was measured in 16 isolated pig hearts by pulsed Doppler ultrasound. The correlation between the coronary sinus flow and the infusion volume in different coronary artery was analyzed, and the performance of coronary sinus flow in predicting different coronary artery occlusion was deducted. There were no statistically significant differences between the coronary sinus flow and the infusion volume in different coronary artery (p>0.05). The correlations between the coronary sinus flow and the infusion volume in left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), left circumflex coronary artery (LCX), LAD and LCX, and LAD, LCX and right coronary artery (RCA) were all higher than 0.85 (p