INSTANTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR STROKE VOLUME AND PRESSURE-VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS WITH AN IMPEDANCE CATHETER
INSTANTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR STROKE VOLUME AND PRESSURE-VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS WITH AN IMPEDANCE CATHETER
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.69.4.703
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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37.8
通讯作者:
GROSSMAN, W
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作者:
MCKAY, RG;SPEARS, JR;GROSSMAN, W
The feasibility of using continuous on-line recording of intraventricular electrical impedance to measure ventricular stroke volume was assessed in 12 patients at cardiac catheterization with a multielectrode impedance catheter and a 1.3 kHz measuring current of 4 .mu.A. Stroke volumes determined by electrical impedance were compared with stroke volumes determined by the thermodilution technique in 10 patients and correlated with an r value of 0.95. Directional changes in impedance recordings throughout the cardiac cycle were also compared with volume curves obtained from 6 patients by radionuclide ventriculography, and in all instances the agreement between the 2 volume recordings was excellent. For all patients, on-line measurements of impedance showed a beat-by-beat decrease in stroke volume with the Valsalva maneuver and the administration of amyl nitrite, as well as an immediate increase in stroke volume in the contraction following an extra-systolic beat. Similar directional changes in stroke volume were recorded in both left and right ventricles. Left ventricular pressure-volume relationships were assessed with simultaneous left ventricular pressure recordings and volume signals, recorded from the impedance catheter, to determine if impedance measurements of volume can be used clinically. Pressure-volume diagrams were subsequently plotted, and for all patients these diagrams showed characteristic isovolumetric contraction and relaxation phases, as well as typical ejection and filling periods. Beat-by-beat sequential pressure-volume diagrams constructed for patients during the administration of amyl nitrite revealed a linear end-systolic pressure-volume relationship. Measurement of intracavitary electrical impedance can be used to monitor instantaneous changes in stroke volume in patients, and it may be helpful in the construction of presure-volume diagrams and the assessment of left ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume relationships.