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Influence of the Coanda effect on color Doppler jet area and color encoding. In vitro studies using color Doppler flow mapping.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1728465     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We studied surface adherence and its effects on color Doppler jet areas and color encoding in an in vitro model with a noncompliant receiving chamber into which a steady flow jet was directed parallel to either a straight or a curved surface adjacent to and 4 mm away from the inflow orifice (1.50 mm2) with the control condition being a free jet matched for flow rates and driving pressures. Jets were imaged perpendicular to the plane of the surface, the plane in which most clinical images of jet-surface interactions are obtained. Ten different flow rates ranging from 0.13 to 0.30 l/min were used. Surface-adherent jet areas were smaller than control jets for every driving pressure-volume combination (paired t test, p less than 0.01). Computer analysis of color Doppler images showed more green and blue (reverse flow) pixels on the surface side of the adherent jets than the control jets (p less than 0.05), suggesting that viscous energy loss and flow deceleration and reversal play a role in the jet-surface interaction. Analysis of variance demonstrated that linear regression slopes of flow rate versus jet area for surface jets were lower (slopes, 11-21 cm2/l/min; r = 0.95-0.97) than those for the control (slope, 33 cm2/l/min; r = 0.97) (p less than 0.0001). Surface adherence (Coanda effect) influences jet size and color encoding, causing smaller color Doppler jet areas and greater variance and reverse velocity encoding.
Authors:
K Chao; V A Moises; R Shandas; T Elkadi; D J Sahn; R Weintraub
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  85     ISSN:  0009-7322     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  1992 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-02-06     Completed Date:  1992-02-06     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  333-41     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California San Diego.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Coronary Circulation*
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Humans
Models, Cardiovascular*
Observer Variation
Reference Values
Regression Analysis
Surface Properties
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01-HL-43287/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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