Abstract:
:Left ventricular volume calibration based on the conductance catheter depends on the correct determination of the parallel conductance (Gp). Baan's saline manoeuvre procedure leads to Gp by finding the end-systolic (Ges) and end-diastolic (Ged) conductances, for each beat of the dilution curve rising limb. After plotting such values in an xy-system, their linear regression is back-projected to intersect the identity line, so yielding an estimated Gp. The objective is to theoretically analyse all possible lines, Ges = aGed + b (Baan's line) and, based on experimental results, to establish their limitations. This was attained by calculating the regression lines using, first Ged = f1(Ges) and thereafter, Ges = f2(Ged), which led to two values, Gp2 and Gp1, for the parallel conductance. The morphology of the saline curve was also modified to assess its effect on the extrapolation. Multiple dilutions were recorded in eight experimental dogs injecting different concentrations. Each curve was classified according to the maximum change (VAR) reached by the total average conductance. Over 138 manoeuvres, 276 regressions were processed yielding correlations higher than 0.65. Of this total, 92.4% gave positive parallel conductances. The rest produced negative values and, thus, were neglected. If the two (Ged, Ges) statistical relationships were ideal, they should yield Gp = Gp1 = Gp2; however, there were differences which, when Gp1 was studied against Gp2, led to: Gp1 = 0.97 Gp2 + 0.055, with r = 0.9476, and n = 85. The remaining 53 were discarded because either some Gp values were negative, or the correlation of Ges which Ged (or vice versa) was < 0.85, and/or VAR < 15%; the two latter conditions were found necessary for reliable calibration. Baan's line high correlation is not a unique condition to ensure the accuracy and precision of Gp determination because the slope a depends on VAR and, thus, different intersections with the identity line may be obtained. Its recommended that manoeuvres be used with at least eight data points, with VAR > 15% and, finally, with (Ges, Ged) correlation better than 0.85. Theoretical analysis of Baan's line offers a reference frame, which contains only a limited number of practical possibilities.
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Med Biol Eng Computjournal_title
Medical & biological engineering & computingauthors
Herrera MC,Olivera JM,Valentinuzzi MEdoi
10.1007/BF02513284keywords:
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1999-03-01 00:00:00pages
169-74issue
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