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Three-dimensional (3D) color Doppler echocardiography is a relatively new noninvasive tool that displays and quantitates regurgitant flow and also enables estimation of cardiac output, stroke volume, pulmonary outflow, and shunt calculations. This article provides an overview of the current methodology of 3D color flow, and its advantages and limitations.
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- Lissa Sugeng
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, MC 5084, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Tsujino H, Jones M, Qin JX, Sitges M, Cardon LA, Morehead AL, Zetts AD, Bauer F, Kim YJ, Hang XY, Greenberg N, Thomas JD, Shiota T. Combination of pulsed-wave Doppler and real-time three-dimensional color Doppler echocardiography for quantifying the stroke volume in the left ventricular outflow tract. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2004; 30:1441-1446. [PMID: 15588954 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2003] [Revised: 08/25/2004] [Accepted: 08/31/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Real-time three-dimensional (3-D) color Doppler echocardiography (RT3D) is capable of quantifying flow. However, low temporal resolution limits its application to stroke volume (SV) measurements. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to develop a reliable method to quantify SV. In animal experiments, cross-sectional images of the LV outflow tract were selected from the RT3D data to calculate peak flow rates (Q(p3D)). Conventional pulsed-wave (PW) Doppler was performed to measure the velocity-time integral (VTI) and the peak velocity (V(p)). By assuming that the flow is proportional to the velocity temporal waveform, SV was calculated as alpha x Q(p3D) x VTI/V(p), where alpha is a temporal correction factor. There was an excellent correlation between the reference flow meter and RT3D SV (mean difference = -1. 3 mL, y = 1. 05 x -2. 5, r = 0. 94, p < 0. 01). The new method allowed accurate SV estimations without any geometric assumptions of the spatial velocity distributions.
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- Hiroyuki Tsujino
- Cardiovascular Imaging Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Miyake Y, Hozumi T, Mori I, Sugioka K, Yamamuro A, Akasaka T, Homma S, Yoshida K, Yoshikawa J. Automated quantification of aortic regurgitant volume and regurgitant fraction using the digital colour Doppler velocity profile integration method in patients with aortic regurgitation. Heart 2002; 88:481-4. [PMID: 12381638 PMCID: PMC1767402 DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.5.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The recently introduced automated cardiac flow measurement (ACM) technique provides a quick and an accurate automated calculation of stroke volume and cardiac output. This is obtained by spatio-temporal integration of digital Doppler velocity profile data. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of the ACM method in the non-invasive assessment of aortic regurgitant volume and per cent regurgitant fraction (%RF) in patients with aortic regurgitation. METHODS Aortic outflow volume and mitral inflow volume were calculated by the ACM method in 22 patients with isolated aortic regurgitation. Aortic regurgitant volume and %RF were calculated using the following equations: aortic regurgitant volume = [aortic outflow volume] - [mitral inflow volume]; %RF = [aortic regurgitant volume]/[aortic outflow volume] x 100. The results were compared with those obtained using pulsed Doppler cross sectional echocardiography (PD-2D). RESULTS Aortic regurgitant volumes measured by the ACM method showed a good correlation with the PD-2D measurements (r = 0.95, y = 0.9x + 3.9, SEE = 8.6 ml); the mean (SD) difference between the two methods was -1.5 (8.5) ml. %RF estimated by the ACM method also correlated well with the values obtained by the PD-2D method (r = 0.91, y = 0.9x + 4.9, SEE = 6.0%); the mean difference between the two methods was -1.5 (6.0)%. Total time required for aortic regurgitant volume (for one cardiac cycle) by the ACM method was significantly shorter than by the PD-2D method (130 (16) v 230 (32) s, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The newly developed the ACM method is quick and accurate in the automated assessment of aortic regurgitant volume and per cent regurgitant fraction in patients with isolated aortic regurgitation.
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- Y Miyake
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Colombia University, New York, USA
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Mehwald PS, Rusk RA, Mori Y, Li XN, Zetts AD, Jones M, Sahn DJ. A validation study of aortic stroke volume using dynamic 4-dimensional color Doppler: an in vivo study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15:1045-50. [PMID: 12373245 DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.122103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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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.
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Mori Y, Rusk RA, Jones M, Li XN, Irvine T, Zetts AD, Sahn DJ. A new dynamic three-dimensional digital color doppler method for quantification of pulmonary regurgitation: validation study in an animal model. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 40:1179-85. [PMID: 12354447 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02074-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to validate a newly developed three-dimensional (3D) digital color Doppler method for quantifying pulmonary regurgitation (PR), using an animal model of chronic PR. BACKGROUND Spectral Doppler methods cannot reliably be used to assess pulmonary regurgitation. METHODS In eight sheep with surgically created PR, 27 different hemodynamic states were studied. Pulmonary and aortic electromagnetic (EM) probes and meters were used to provide reference right ventricular (RV) forward and pulmonary regurgitant stroke volumes. A multiplane transesophageal probe was placed directly on the RV and aimed at the RV outflow tract. Electrocardiogram-gated and rotational 3D scans were performed for acquiring dynamic 3D digital velocity data. After 3D digital Doppler data were transferred to a computer workstation, the RV forward and pulmonary regurgitant flow volumes were obtained by a program that computes the velocity vectors over a spherical surface perpendicular to the direction of scanning. RESULTS Pulmonary regurgitant volumes and RV forward stroke volumes computed by the 3D method correlated well with those by the EM method (r = 0.95, mean difference = 0.51 +/- 1.89 ml/beat for the pulmonary regurgitant volume; and r = 0.91, mean difference = -0.22 +/- 3.44 ml/beat for the RV stroke volume). As a result of these measurements, the regurgitant fractions derived by the 3D method agreed well with the reference data (r = 0.94, mean difference = 2.06 +/- 6.11%). CONCLUSIONS The 3D digital color Doppler technique is a promising method for determining pulmonary regurgitant volumes and regurgitant fractions. It should have an important application in clinical settings.
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- Yoshiki Mori
- Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098, USA
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Shiota T, Jones M, Tsujino H, Qin JX, Zetts AD, Greenberg NL, Cardon LA, Panza JA, Thomas JD. Quantitative analysis of aortic regurgitation: real-time 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional color Doppler echocardiographic method--a clinical and a chronic animal study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15:966-71. [PMID: 12221414 DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.120981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND For evaluating patients with aortic regurgitation (AR), regurgitant volumes, left ventricular (LV) stroke volumes (SV), and absolute LV volumes are valuable indices. AIM The aim of this study was to validate the combination of real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and semiautomated digital color Doppler cardiac flow measurement (ACM) for quantifying absolute LV volumes, LVSV, and AR volumes using an animal model of chronic AR and to investigate its clinical applicability. METHODS In 8 sheep, a total of 26 hemodynamic states were obtained pharmacologically 20 weeks after the aortic valve noncoronary (n = 4) or right coronary (n = 4) leaflet was incised to produce AR. Reference standard LVSV and AR volume were determined using the electromagnetic flow method (EM). Simultaneous epicardial real-time 3DE studies were performed to obtain LV end-diastolic volumes (LVEDV), end-systolic volumes (LVESV), and LVSV by subtracting LVESV from LVEDV. Simultaneous ACM was performed to obtain LVSV and transmitral flows; AR volume was calculated by subtracting transmitral flow volume from LVSV. In a total of 19 patients with AR, real-time 3DE and ACM were used to obtain LVSVs and these were compared with each other. RESULTS A strong relationship was found between LVSV derived from EM and those from the real-time 3DE (r = 0.93, P <.001, mean difference (3D - EM) = -1.0 +/- 9.8 mL). A good relationship between LVSV and AR volumes derived from EM and those by ACM was found (r = 0.88, P <.001). A good relationship between LVSV derived from real-time 3DE and that from ACM was observed (r = 0.73, P <.01, mean difference = 2.5 +/- 7.9 mL). In patients, a good relationship between LVSV obtained by real-time 3DE and ACM was found (r = 0.90, P <.001, mean difference = 0.6 +/- 9.8 mL). CONCLUSION The combination of ACM and real-time 3DE for quantifying LV volumes, LVSV, and AR volumes was validated by the chronic animal study and was shown to be clinically applicable.
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- Takahiro Shiota
- Department of Cardiology/F 15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Ueda Y, Hozumi T, Yoshida K, Watanabe H, Akasaka T, Takagi T, Yamamuro A, Homma S, Yoshikawa J. Non-invasive automated assessment of the ratio of pulmonary to systemic flow in patients with atrial septal defects by the colour Doppler velocity profile integration method. Heart 2002; 88:278-82. [PMID: 12181223 PMCID: PMC1767348 DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.3.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The recent introduction of the automated cardiac flow measurement (ACM) method, using spatiotemporal integration of the Doppler velocity profile, provides a quick and accurate automated calculation of cardiac output. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ACM method against oximetry during cardiac catheterisation for estimating the Qp/Qs (pulmonary to systemic flow) ratio in patients with an atrial septal defect. METHODS Left and right ventricular stroke volume (LVSV, RVSV) were calculated by ACM in 22 patients with an atrial septal defect who underwent cardiac catheterisation and in 11 patients without heart disease (control group). With ACM, the Qp/Qs ratio was estimated from RVSV divided by LVSV. In the patients with an atrial septal defect, the Qp/Qs ratio was assessed by oximetry at the time of cardiac catheterisation. RESULTS There was a good correlation between LVSV and RVSV obtained by ACM in the control group (r = 0.98, y = 0.97x + 0.25, SEE = 2.9 ml). The mean difference between LVSV and RVSV by ACM was -1.25 (2.76) ml. The Qp/Qs ratio obtained by ACM in the control group was 0.98 (0.06). The Qp/Qs ratio in patients with an atrial septal defect was significantly higher than in the control group (3.11 (1.20), p < 0.001). ACM determination of the Qp/Qs ratio correlated well with oximetry determination (r = 0.86, y = 0.75x + 0.55, SEE = 0.64). The mean difference between ACM and oximetry for the measurement of the Qp/Qs ratio was -0.28 (0.69). CONCLUSIONS The newly developed ACM method is clinically useful for non-invasive automated estimations of the Qp/Qs ratio in patients with an atrial septal defect.
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- Y Ueda
- Division of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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Coisne D, Erwan D, Christiaens L, Blouin P, Allal J, Barraine R. Quantitative assessment of regurgitant flow with total digital three-dimensional reconstruction of color Doppler flow in the convergent region: in vitro validation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15:233-40. [PMID: 11875386 DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.117901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study was designed to develop and test a total digital 3-dimensional (3D) color flow map reconstruction for proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) measurement in the convergent region. METHODS Asymmetric flow convergent velocity field was created in an in vitro pulsatile model of mitral regurgitation. Image files stored in the echocardiographic scanner memory were digitally transferred to a computer workstation, and custom software decoded the file format, extracted velocity information, and generated 3D flow images automatically. PISA and volume flow rate were calculated without geometric assumption. For comparison, regurgitant volume was also calculated, using continuous wave Doppler, 2-dimensional (2D), and M-mode color flow Doppler with the hemispheric approach. RESULTS Flows from 3D digital velocity profiles showed a closed, excellent relation with actual flow rates, especially for instantaneous flow rate. Regurgitant volume calculated with the 3D method underestimated the actual flow rate by 2.6%, whereas 2D and the M-mode method show greater underestimation (44.2% and 32.1%, respectively). CONCLUSION Our 3D reconstruction of color flow Doppler images gives more exact information of the flow convergent zone, especially in complex geometric flow fields. Its total digital velocity process allows accurate measurement of convergent surface area and improves quantitation of valvular regurgitation.
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- Damien Coisne
- Cardiology Department, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France.
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Rusk RA, Li XN, Mori Y, Irvine T, Jones M, Zetts AD, Kenny A, Sahn DJ. Direct quantification of transmitral flow volume with dynamic 3-dimensional digital color Doppler: a validation study in an animal model. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15:55-62. [PMID: 11781555 DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.116716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Accurately quantifying transmitral flow volume is clinically important not only as a measure of cardiac output, but also as a value from which to subtract aortic flow, for determining the severity of mitral regurgitation. However, controversy exists over the accuracy of pulsed Doppler for mitral flow quantification because of the complexity of mitral flow geometry and dynamic changes in flow profile and flow area. To explore the feasibility of directly quantifying transmitral flow volume with a newly developed dynamic 3-dimensional digital color Doppler technique, this in vivo experimental study was conducted to validate the method. Eight open chest sheep were imaged with a multiplane transesophageal (TEE) probe placed on the heart for digital 3-dimensional gated acquisition of mitral inflow over a 180-degree acquisition. The digital velocity data were contour detected for flow area after computing the velocity vectors and flow profile perpendicular to a spherical 3-dimensional surface across the mitral annulus. Flow areas and actual velocities were then integrated in time and space and the resulting flow volumes were compared with those obtained by a reference electromagnetic flowmeter on the aorta for 26 steady hemodynamic states. The flow volumes correlated closely to the electromagnetic references (y = 0.87x + 2.49, r = 0.92, SEE = 1.9 Ml per beat). Our study shows that transmitral flow volume can be accurately determined in vivo by this dynamic 3-dimensional digital color Doppler flow quantification method.
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Tsujino H, Jones M, Shiota T, Qin JX, Greenberg NL, Cardon LA, Morehead AJ, Zetts AD, Travaglini A, Bauer F, Panza JA, Thomas JD. Real-time three-dimensional color Doppler echocardiography for characterizing the spatial velocity distribution and quantifying the peak flow rate in the left ventricular outflow tract. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2001; 27:69-74. [PMID: 11295272 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(00)00270-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Quantification of flow with pulsed-wave Doppler assumes a "flat" velocity profile in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), which observation refutes. Recent development of real-time, three-dimensional (3-D) color Doppler allows one to obtain an entire cross-sectional velocity distribution of the LVOT, which is not possible using conventional 2-D echo. In an animal experiment, the cross-sectional color Doppler images of the LVOT at peak systole were derived and digitally transferred to a computer to visualize and quantify spatial velocity distributions and peak flow rates. Markedly skewed profiles, with higher velocities toward the septum, were consistently observed. Reference peak flow rates by electromagnetic flow meter correlated well with 3-D peak flow rates (r = 0.94), but with an anticipated underestimation. Real-time 3-D color Doppler echocardiography was capable of determining cross-sectional velocity distributions and peak flow rates, demonstrating the utility of this new method for better understanding and quantifying blood flow phenomena.
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- H Tsujino
- Cardiovascular Imaging Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Berg S, Torp H, Haugen BO, Samstad S. Volumetric blood flow measurement with the use of dynamic 3-dimensional ultrasound color flow imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2000; 13:393-402. [PMID: 10804437 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(00)70009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe a new method for measuring blood volume flow with the use of freehand dynamic 3-dimensional echocardiography. During 10 to 20 cardiac cycles, the ultrasonographic probe was slowly tilted while its spatial position was continuously recorded with a magnetic position sensor system. The ultrasonographic data were acquired in color flow imaging mode, and the separate raw digital tissue and Doppler data were transferred to an external personal computer for postprocessing. From each time step in the reconstructed 3-dimensional data, one cross-sectional slice was extracted with the measured and recorded velocity vector components perpendicular to the slice. The volume flow rate through these slices was found by integrating the velocity vector components, and was independent of the angle between the actual flow direction and the measured velocity vector. Allowing the extracted surface to move according to the movement of anatomic structures, an estimate of the flow through the cardiac valves was achieved. The temporal resolution was preserved in the 3-dimensional reconstruction, and with a frame rate of up to 104 frames/s, the reconstruction jitter artifacts were reduced. Examples of in vivo blood volume flow measurement are given, showing the possibilities of measuring the cardiac output and analyzing blood flow velocity profiles.
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- S Berg
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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Shiota T, Jones M, Aida S, Chikada M, Tsujino H, El-Kadi T, Sahn DJ. Validation of the accuracy of both right and left ventricular outflow volume determinations and semiautomated calculation of shunt volumes through atrial septal defects by digital color Doppler flow mapping in a chronic animal model. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 34:587-93. [PMID: 10440177 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00210-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to quantitate shunt flow volumes through atrial septal defects (ASDs) in a chronic animal model with surgically created ASDs using a new semiautomated color Doppler flow calculation method (ACM). BACKGROUND Because pulsed Doppler is cumbersome and often inappropriate for color flow computation, new methods such as ACM are of interest. METHODS In this study, 13 to 25 weeks after ASDs were surgically created in eight sheep, a total of 24 hemodynamic states were studied at a separate open chest experimental session. Electromagnetic (EM) flow probes and meters were used to provide reference flow volumes as the pulmonary and aortic flow volumes (Qp and Qs) and shunt flow volumes (Qp minus Qs). Epicardial echocardiographic studies were performed to image the left and right ventricular outflow tract (LVOT and RVOT) forward flow signals. The ACM method digitally integrated spatial and temporal color flow velocity data to provide stroke volumes. RESULTS Left ventricular outflow tract and RVOT flow volumes obtained by the ACM method agreed well with those obtained by the EM method (r = 0.96, mean difference = 0.78 +/- 1.7 ml for LVOT and r = 0.97, mean difference = -0.35 +/- 3.6 ml for RVOT). As a result, shunt flow volumes and Qp/Qs by the ACM method agreed well with those obtained by the EM method (r = 0.96, mean difference = -1.1 +/- 3.6 ml/beat for shunt volumes and r = 0.95, mean difference = -0.11 +/- 0.22 for Qp/Qs). CONCLUSIONS This animal study, using strictly quantified shunt flow volumes, demonstrated that the ACM method can provide Qp/Qs and shunt measurements semiautomatically and noninvasively.
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- T Shiota
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA
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Wanitkun S, Gharib M, Zarandi M, Shiota T, Sahn DJ. Evaluation of descending aortic flow volumes and effective orifice area through aortic coarctation by spatiotemporal integration of color Doppler data: An in vitro study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1999; 12:517-26. [PMID: 10359924 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(99)70089-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Flow volumes in an in vitro model of the aorta with 3 different degrees of stiffness (stiff, moderately stiff, and compliant) proximal to a coarctation were calculated by using a digital color Doppler echocardiography flow calculation method that semiautomatically integrates spatial and temporal color flow velocity data. These flow volumes were compared with those obtained by the conventional pulsed Doppler method with reference to ultrasonic flowmeter. Flow volumes determined by the automated method agreed well with those obtained by ultrasonic flowmeter, even in this compliant aorta model with vessel size changing with pulsation, whereas the pulsed Doppler method overestimated the reference data, especially for more compliant descending aortic segments. The combination of flow data with continuous wave Doppler allows definition of effective orifice area for coarctation.
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- S Wanitkun
- Clinical Care Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098, USA
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Hozumi T, Yoshida K, Mori I, Akasaka T, Takagi T, Kaji S, Kawamoto T, Ueda Y, Morioka S. Noninvasive assessment of hemodynamic subsets in patients with acute myocardial infarction using digital color Doppler velocity profile integration and pulmonary venous flow analysis. Am J Cardiol 1999; 83:1027-32. [PMID: 10190514 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00009-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Four major hemodynamic subsets from cardiac index (CI) and mean pulmonary artery (PA) wedge pressure with a PA catheter usually reflect clinical status and prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Recently, a new color Doppler technique has been developed for automated cardiac output measurements (ACOM). Color Doppler echocardiography also provides noninvasive estimation of PA wedge pressure from pulmonary venous (PV) flow analysis. This study evaluates the value of ACOM and PV flow analysis by color Doppler echocardiography for the assessment of hemodynamic subsets in patients with AMI. We performed ACOM and PV flow analysis by color Doppler echocardiography in 55 patients with AMI who underwent hemodynamic assessment with a PA catheter. From both noninvasive and invasive methods, we classified hemodynamic subsets as follows: subset I: normal hemodynamics (CI >2.2 L/min/m2, PA wedge pressure < or =18 mm Hg); subset II: pulmonary congestion (CI >2.2 L/min/m2, PA wedge pressure >18 mm Hg); subset III: peripheral hypoperfusion (CI < or =2.2 L/min/m2, PA wedge pressure < or =18 mm Hg); and subset IV: pulmonary congestion and peripheral hypoperfusion (CI < or =2.2 L/min/m2, PA wedge pressure >18 mm Hg). Doppler assessment of hemodynamic subsets was possible in 50 of 55 patients (91%). CI from ACOM correlated well with that from the thermodilution method (r = 0.94) with close agreement. There was a good correlation between the systolic fraction (systolic velocity-time integral expressed as a fraction of the sum of systolic and diastolic velocity-time integrals) of PV flow and PA wedge pressure measured from cardiac catheterization (r = -0.83). When we determined the value of 45% in the systolic fraction as the cut-off point in predicting >18 mm Hg in PA wedge pressure, there was 90% (45 of 50 patients) agreement between noninvasive and invasive hemodynamic subsets. Thus, ACOM and PV flow analysis by color Doppler echocardiography is useful in the noninvasive assessment of hemodynamic subsets in patients with AMI.
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- T Hozumi
- Division of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital, Japan.
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