Safety of Continuous Coronary Thermodilution Measurements
journal contribution
posted on 2025-03-27, 16:33authored byRuiko Seki, Daniëlle CJ Keulards, Alejandro Gutiérrez-Barrios, Samer Fawaz, Thabo Mahendiran, Dario Tino Bertolone, Emanuele Gallinoro, Carlos Collet, Thomas R Keeble, Nico HJ Pijls, Bernard De Bruyne
<p dir="ltr">Absolute coronary blood flow and microvascular resistance can be measured using continuous <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/thermodilution" target="_blank">thermodilution</a> with a dedicated infusion catheter.<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936879823013468?via=ihub#bib1" target="_blank"><sup>1</sup></a> As the technique is still in its early stages, there is a scarcity of data available on its safety.<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936879823013468?via=ihub#bib2" target="_blank"><sup>2</sup></a> We present data from the first large-scale, multicenter registry evaluating the safety of continuous intracoronary thermodilution for assessment of the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/coronary-microcirculation" target="_blank">coronary microcirculation</a>.Consecutive patients from 4 European centers who underwent continuous thermodilution–derived flow and microvascular resistance measurements in routine clinical care were pooled...</p>