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A validation study of aortic stroke volume using dynamic 4-dimensional color Doppler: an in vivo study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12373245     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To explore the feasibility of directly quantifying transaortic stroke volume with a newly developed dynamic 3-dimensional (3D) color Doppler flow measurement technique, an in vivo experimental study was performed. BACKGROUND: Traditional methods for flow quantification require geometric assumptions about flow area and flow profiles. Accurate quantification of flow across the aortic valve is clinically important as a means of estimating cardiac output. METHODS: Eight open-chest sheep were scanned with apical epicardial placement of a 7 to 4 MHz multiplane transesophageal probe scanning parallel to aortic flow and running on an ATL HDI 5000 system. An electromagnetic flow meter implanted on the ascending aorta was used as reference. Thirty different hemodynamic conditions were studied after steady states were obtained in the animals by administration of blood, angiotensin, and sodium nitroprusside. Electrocardiogram-gated digital color 3D velocity data were acquired for each of the 30 steady states. The aortic stroke volumes were computed by temporal and spatial integration of flow areas and actual velocities across a projected surface perpendicular to the direction of flow, at a level just below the aortic valve. RESULTS: There was close correlation between the 3D color Doppler calculated aortic stroke volumes and the electromagnetic data (r = 0.91, y = 0.96x + 1.01, standard error of the estimate = 2.6 mL/beat). CONCLUSION: Our results showed that dynamic 3D color Doppler measurements obtained in an open-chest animals provide the basis for accurate, geometry-independent quantitative evaluation of the aortic flow. Therefore, 3D digital color Doppler flow computation could potentially represent an important method for noninvasively determining cardiac output in patients.
Authors:
Petra S Mehwald; Rosemary A Rusk; Yoshiki Mori; Xiang-Ning Li; Arthur D Zetts; Michael Jones; David J Sahn
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography     Volume:  15     ISSN:  0894-7317     ISO Abbreviation:  J Am Soc Echocardiogr     Publication Date:  2002 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-10-09     Completed Date:  2003-02-04     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8801388     Medline TA:  J Am Soc Echocardiogr     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1045-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University Children's Hospital, Freiburg, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Aorta / physiology,  ultrasonography*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Four-Dimensional*
Feasibility Studies
Hemodynamics / physiology
Normal Distribution
Reproducibility of Results
Sheep
Stroke Volume / physiology*

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