Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiographic Assessment of Coronary Flow Velocity Pattern in Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction Implies Progression of Myocardial Damage

CFV pattern assessed by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography at day 1 provides the degree of myocardial damage much more accurately than that immediately after reperfusion. These results may suggest that myocardial damage progresses after reperfusion.