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New method for quantitatively determining aortic regurgitant volume using Doppler color flow imaging: experimental validation study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10147400     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We have developed a method to provide the two-dimensional distribution of blood flow velocity and the blood flow volume rate in the ascending aorta from the cross-sectional Doppler color flow image. Regional blood flow velocities were determined by converting color intensities of the cross-sectional Doppler color flow image into the corresponding flow velocities with the correction with the spatial ultrasound beam incident angle. The spatial ultrasound beam incident angle was estimated from the geometric characteristics of the color flow image contour. The method was validated in a steady flow model circuit comparing the calculated flow volume rates by the method with those simultaneously measured by an electromagnetic flowmeter. We performed an open chest dog experiment and calculated the blood flow volume rate at the ascending aorta before and after the aortic regurgitation was made. The calculated ejection flow volume rate and regurgitant volume were validated by the comparison with those simultaneously measured by an electromagnetic flowmeter. Based on these data, we can conclude that the current method provides accurate measurements of regurgitant volume as well as ejection flow volume rate in the ascending aorta.
Authors:
Y Yoshida; E Moscarelli; J Tanouchi; T Masuyama; M Hori; T Kamada; A Kitabatake
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)     Volume:  11     ISSN:  0742-2822     ISO Abbreviation:  Echocardiography     Publication Date:  1994 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-11-23     Completed Date:  1994-11-23     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8511187     Medline TA:  Echocardiography     Country:  SCOTLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  281-91     Citation Subset:  T    
Affiliation:
First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Aorta / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency* / physiopathology,  ultrasonography
Blood Flow Velocity
Dogs
Echocardiography, Doppler* / methods
Models, Cardiovascular
Regional Blood Flow

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