MEASUREMENT OF INSTANTANEOUS BLOOD-FLOW VELOCITY IN THE HUMAN AORTA USING PULSED DOPPLER ULTRASOUND
MEASUREMENT OF INSTANTANEOUS BLOOD-FLOW VELOCITY IN THE HUMAN AORTA USING PULSED DOPPLER ULTRASOUND
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DOI:
10.1093/cvr/16.1.26
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
BRUBAKK, AO
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作者:
GISVOLD, SE;BRUBAKK, AO
The reproducibility and ease of use of a pulsed Doppler system were investigated in 27 normal subjects. Measurements were performed in the ascending aorta and the aortic arch in the sitting and supine position. Good quality recordings were obtained in > 90% of the subjects. Maximum velocities of 120 and 108 cm .cntdot. s-1 were found in the supine position of the ascending aorta in males and females, respectively, while the corresponding accelerations were 2254 and 2148 cm .cntdot. s-2. When moving from the sitting to the supine position, changes in integral under the mean and maximum velocity curve, which is supposed to be porportional to stroke volume, were approximately 30%, both in the ascending aorta and in the aortic arch. Making certain assumptions, about dimensions of the aorta, reasonable values or cardiac output were calculated in all subjects. The reproducibility of the measurements was tested by making 10 repeat measurements in 5 subjects. The mean variation coefficient was between 6 and 11% for all measured variables. Blood flow velocity can be measured in the ascending aorta and the aortic arch using pulsed ultrasound, and the method had a reproducibility which permits measurements of changes in the flow and flow velocity of > 10%.