Mitral inertance in humans: critical factor in Doppler estimation of transvalvular pressure gradients.
Mitral inertance in humans: critical factor in Doppler estimation of transvalvular pressure gradients.
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人类二尖瓣惯性:多普勒估计跨瓣压力梯度的关键因素。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.3.h1340
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2001
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Thomas,JD
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Nakatani,S;Firstenberg,MS;Greenberg,NL;Vandervoort,PM;Smedira,NG;McCarthy,PM;Thomas,JD
The pressure-velocity relationship across the normal mitral valve is approximated by the Bernoulli equation ΔP = ½ ρΔv2+M· dv/dt, where ΔP is the atrioventricular pressure difference, ρ is blood density,vis transmitral flow velocity, andMis mitral inertance. AlthoughMis indispensable in assessing transvalvular pressure differences from transmitral flow, this term is poorly understood. We measured intraoperative high-fidelity left atrial and ventricular pressures and simultaneous transmitral flow velocities by using transesophageal echocardiography in 100 beats (8 patients). We computed mean mitral inertance () by= ∫(ΔP−½ · ρv2)dt/∫(dv/dt)dtand we assessed the effect of the inertial term on the transmitral pressure-flow relation.ranged from 1.03 to 5.96 g/cm2(mean = 3.82 ± 1.22 g/cm2). ΔP calculated from the simplified Bernoulli equation (ΔP = ½ · ρv2) lagged behind (44 ± 11 ms) and underestimated the actual peak pressures (2.3 ± 1.1 mmHg).correlated with left ventricular systolic pressure (r= −0.68,P< 0.0001) and transmitral pressure gradients (r= 0.65,P< 0.0001). Because mitral inertance causes the velocity to lag significantly behind the actual pressure gradient, it needs to be considered when assessing diastolic filling and the pressure difference across normal mitral valves.