Flujometría con doppler pulsado en la evaluación intraoperatoria de los injertos coronarios. ¿Es aún necesaria?

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death worldwide and in Cuba, ischemic heart disease is the most frequent, myocardial revascularization surgery is an established method for its treatment, specifically in coronary multivessel disease. Having a graft quality assessment tool such as Pulsed Doppler Flowmetry is a complement that can be very useful and is also available in our country. To expose the usefulness of the use of pulsed Doppler flowmetry in myocardial revascularization surgery. A non-systematic bibliographic review of the available literature was carried out, in relation to the measurement of coronary flows in the grafts during. A search was carried out from March 1 to April 30, 2023 in the free access search PubMed. The effectiveness of flowmetry was demonstrated by several authors at the time it was created and, although it is currently out of use due to other more effective methods, its applicability in the absence of other tools has contributed to the identification and correction of technical errors in the surgical practice.