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BACKGROUND:Imaging of the flow convergence region (FCR) proximal to a regurgitant orifice has been shown to provide a method for quantifying the regurgitant flow rate. According to the continuity principle, the FCR is constituted by concentric hemispheric isovelocity surfaces centered at the orifice. The flow rate is constant across all isovelocity surfaces and equals the flow rate through the orifice. For any isovelocity surface the flow rate (Q) is given by: Q = 2 pi r2 Vr, where 2 pi r2 is the area of the hemisphere and Vr is the velocity at the radial distance (r) from the orifice. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 52 consecutive patients with mitral regurgitation (mean age, 49 years; age range, 21-66 years) verified by left ventricular angiography using color flow mapping. The FCR r was measured as the distance between the first aliasing limit--at a Nyquist limit obtained by zero-shifting the velocity cutoff to 38 cm/sec--and the regurgitant orifice. Seven patients without evidence of an FCR had only grade 1+ mitral regurgitation angiographically. There was a significant relation between the Doppler-derived maximal instantaneous regurgitant flow rate and the angiographic degree of mitral regurgitation in the other patients (rs = 0.91, p less than 0.001). The regurgitant flow rate by Doppler also correlated with the angiographic regurgitant volume (r = 0.93, SEE = 123 ml/sec) in the 15 patients in normal sinus rhythm and without other regurgitant lesions in whom it could be measured. The correlation between regurgitant jet area within the left atrium and the angiographic grade was only fair (rs = 0.75, p less than 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:Color flow Doppler provides new velocity information about the proximal FCR in patients with mitral regurgitation. According to the continuity principle, the maximal instantaneous regurgitant flow rate, obtained with the FCR method, may provide a quantitative estimate of the severity of mitral regurgitation, which is relatively independent of technical factors.
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Bargiggia GS,Tronconi L,Sahn DJ,Recusani F,Raisaro A,De Servi S,Valdes-Cruz LM,Montemartini Cdoi
10.1161/01.cir.84.4.1481subject
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1991-10-01 00:00:00pages
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