Abstract
The effect of changes in stroke volume on the cross sectional velocity distribution in the mitral orifice during passive mitral inflow was studied in six patients with total atrioventricular block, atrial fibrillation and VVI pacemakers during periods with different heart rates. The time velocity integrals recorded both in the left ventricular outflow tract and at the mitral orifice decreased significantly as the heart rate was increased from 60 to 80 and from 80 to 100 beats per minute.
Instantaneous cross sectional flow velocity profiles were constructed by time interpolation of the velocity data from each point in sequentially delayed two dimensional digital ultrasound maps. Each patient had a characteristic cross sectional flow velocity profile in the mitral orifice recorded at the level of the leaflet tips in a four chamber view. The velocity profiles varied between the patients. With increase in heart rate only minimal changes in the flow profiles from individual patients were seen.
The maximum velocity through the mitral orifice overestimated the cross sectional mean velocity at the same time by a factor of 1.4–1.9. The maximum time velocity integral overestimated the cross sectional mean by a factor of 1.4–1.8. The observed cross sectional skew varied between patients but did not change significantly with increasing heart rate and decrease in stroke volume.
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Samstad, S.O., Bathen, J., Rossvoll, O. et al. Impact of changes in heart rate and stroke volume on the cross sectional flow velocity distribution of diastolic mitral blood flow. Int J Cardiac Imag 8, 75–83 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01137528
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