Research Article

Development of an Ex Vivo, Beating Heart Model for CT Myocardial Perfusion

Table 1

Arterial blood flow (L/min) and blood pressure (mm/Hg) in 5 different stenosis grades.

Normal perfusionFFR 0.70 FFR 0.50 FFR 0.30 Total occlusion

Arterial blood flow (SD)1.0 L/min
(constant)
1.0 L/min
(constant)
1.0 L/min
(constant)
0.93 L/min
(SD 0.05)
0.90 L/min
(constant)

Arterial blood pressure (SD)82.7 mm/Hg
(SD 0.6)
80.7 mm/Hg
(SD 1.2)
86.7 mm/Hg
(SD 1.2)
88.7 mm/Hg
(SD 1.5)
94 mm/Hg
(SD 2.7)

SD: standard deviation.