| A new method for quantification of regurgitant flow rate using color Doppler flow imaging of the flow convergence region proximal to a discrete orifice. An in vitro study. | |
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PMID: 1991377 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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While color Doppler flow mapping has yielded a quick and relatively sensitive method for visualizing the turbulent jets generated in valvular insufficiency, quantification of the degree of valvular insufficiency has been limited by the dependence of visualization of turbulent jets on hemodynamic as well as instrument-related factors. Color Doppler flow imaging, however, does have the capability of reliably showing the spatial relations of laminar flows. An area where flow accelerates proximal to a regurgitant orifice is commonly visualized on the left ventricular side of a mitral regurgitant orifice, especially when imaging is performed with high gain and a low pulse repetition frequency. This area of flow convergence, where the flow stream narrows symmetrically, can be quantified because velocity and the flow cross-sectional area change in inverse proportion along streamlines centered at the orifice. In this study, a gravity-driven constant-flow system with five sharp-edged diaphragm orifices (ranging from 2.9 to 12 mm in diameter) was imaged both parallel and perpendicular to the direction of flow through the orifice. Color Doppler flow images were produced by zero shifting so that the abrupt change in display color occurred at different velocities. This "aliasing boundary" with a known velocity and a measurable radial distance from the center of the orifice was used to determine an isovelocity hemisphere such that flow rate through the orifice was calculated as 2 pi r2 x Vr, where r is the radial distance from the center of the orifice to the color change and Vr is the velocity at which the color change was noted. Using Vr values from 54 to 14 cm/sec obtained with a 3.75-MHz transducer and from 75 to 18 cm/sec obtained with a 2.5-MHz transducer, we calculated flow rates and found them to correlate with measured flow rates (r = 0.94-0.99). The slope of the regression line was closest to unity when the lowest Vr and the correspondingly largest r were used in the calculation. The flow rates estimated from color Doppler flow imaging could also be used in conjunction with continuous-wave Doppler measurements of the maximal velocity of flow through the orifice to calculate orifice areas (r = 0.75-0.96 correlation with measured areas).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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Authors:
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F Recusani; G S Bargiggia; A P Yoganathan; A Raisaro; L M Valdes-Cruz; H W Sung; C Bertucci; M Gallati; V A Moises; I A Simpson |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Circulation Volume: 83 ISSN: 0009-7322 ISO Abbreviation: Circulation Publication Date: 1991 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1991-03-12 Completed Date: 1991-03-12 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0147763 Medline TA: Circulation Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 594-604 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy. |
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Adult Blood Flow Velocity / physiology Coronary Circulation / physiology* Echocardiography, Doppler* Female Heart Valve Diseases / ultrasonography Humans Male Mitral Valve Insufficiency / ultrasonography* Models, Cardiovascular Models, Structural Regression Analysis |
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