REVIEW article
Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1641896
This article is part of the Research TopicUltrasound in Cardiovascular Care: Preventive, Diagnostic, and Monitoring RolesView all 5 articles
Clinical Applications of Resting Coronary Flow Detection via Transthoracic Echocardiography
Provisionally accepted
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Medical College Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
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Beyond being a component of coronary flow velocity reserve, resting coronary blood flow is recognized as a clinically relevant measure, providing hemodynamic, diagnostic and prognostic information across some cardiovascular diseases. With advancements in high-frequency transducers and imaging protocols, transthoracic coronary artery imaging has become increasingly noninvasive, practical and useful. This review aims to summarize the clinical value and applications of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to assess coronary blood flow at rest.
Keywords: transthoracic echocardiography, resting, Coronary flow, cardiovascular disease, clinical application
Received: 05 Jun 2025; Accepted: 14 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 He, Zhao, Xin, Shi, Zhang, Xu, Xiong and Lv. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Qing Lv, lvqing1987@hust.edu.cn
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