• Phasic coronary inflow and its determinants have been studied by means of differential pressure, 1 a constant pressure flow-meter, 2 an orifice meter, 8 a cannulating type of electromagnetic flowmeter, 4 and a differential transformer. 15 All are cumbersome and require the use of anesthetics, surgical trauma , anticoagulants, and insertion of the device into the coronary artery of the open an...