Apical4ChamberRightHeartFlowPatterns
SampleVolume:IntheLeftVentricularInflowtract(LVI)NormalFlow:PrimarilydiastolicAbnormalFinding:Increaseddiastolicvelocityandspectralbroadeningduetotricuspidstenosis.
SampleVolume:IntheRightAtrium(RA)NormalFlow:DiastolicAbnormalFinding:Highvelocityretrogradesystolicflowandspectralbroadeningduetotricuspidregurgitation
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Apical4ChamberViewLeftHeartFlowPatterns
SampleVolume:IntheLeftVentricularInflowtract(LVI)NormalFlow:PrimarilydiastolicAbnormalFinding:Increaseddiastolicflowvelocityandspectralbroadeningduetomitralstenosis.
SampleVolume:IntheLeftAtrium(LA)NormalFlow:DiastolicAbnormalFinding:Highvelocityretrogradesystolicflowandspectralbroadeningdueto
mitralregurgitation.[
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PulsedWaveDoppler
Ingeneral,flowcanberecordedinanyviewthatallowsvisualizationoftheflowarea.Asweknow,though,thehighestvelocitymeasurementsandthestrongestDopplersignalsoccurwhenflow,intheselectedsamplingarea,isparalleltotheultrasoundbeam.Flowthroughvarioussamplinglocationsisessentiallyparalleltotheultrasoundbeaminthefollowingtwo-dimensionalviews:
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CardiacFlowVelocities
*L.HatleandB.Angelsen,DopplerUltrasoundinCardiology,p.72(Philadelphia:Lea&Febiger,1982).
Thefollowingpagescontainexamplesofnormalflowpatternsrecordedbypulsedwaveandcontinuouswavetechniques.Alongwitheachexample,isaschematicrepresentationofthesamplinglocation,andanindicationofthetimingofnormalflow.Notethattheseareapproximatesamplingsites.Whensearchingforthehighestve...[
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NormalFlowinAnApicalFive-ChamberView
Positioningofthetransduceratthepointofmaximumimpulsehelpsobtainanapicalfour-chamberview.Asomewhatsuperiorangulationofthetransducervisualizestheaorticrootinadditiontobothatriaandventricles.Inthisview,referredtoasanapicalfive-chamberview,orienttheultrasoundbeamparalleltoflowinthefollowingareas:leftatrium(LA),leftventricularinflowtract(LVIT),leftventricularout...[
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TheLeftHeart
Freshlyoxygenatedbloodreturnstotheleftheartviathepulmonaryveins,whichempty,intotheleftatrium.Flowthenproceedsformtheleftatriumthroughthemitralvalvetotheleftventricleduringdiastole.Insystole,theleftventriclepumpsbloodthroughtheaorticvalveintothesystemiccirculation.
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Introduction:TheRightHeart
Bloodflowenterstheheartfromthevenouscirculationthroughthevenacava,whichemptiesintotherightatrium.Flowthenproceedsfromtherightatrium,throughthetricuspidvalvetotherightventricleduringdiastole.Systolicflowoccurswithbloodejectionfromtherightventriclethroughthepulmonicvalvetothemainpulmonaryartery.Therightandleftpulmonaryarteriesthencarrythebloodtothelungs.
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Summary
Dopplerechocardiographyaddsadynamicdimensiontoimagingtheheart.ThevariousformsofDoppler(PW,CW,andcolor)provideinformationonthevelocityofflowinaselectedareaoralongabeampath.CorrelatingthetimingoftheECGandphysiologiceventsallowsfordeterminationofflowdirection(relativetothetransducer)andthedeterminationofflownormalcy.Transducerpositionsandsamplinglocationsdeterminethedisplaydirectiononthez...[
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TheNextStep
Oncenormalflowpatternsareunderstood,thenextstepistodeterminewhetheranyabnormalitiesarepresent.QuestionstoaskwhenevaluatingaDopplerspectrumforabnormalities:Whichmethodwasusedtorecordtheflowinformation:pulsedwaveorcontinuouswaveDoppler?Whattransducerpositionwasused?Wherewithintheheartwasthesamplevolume(pulsedwaveDoppler)ortheultrasoundbeam(continuouswaveDoppler)positioned?Fromthissam...[
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ContinuousWaveDoppler:SuprasternalNotchTransducerPostion
CWBeamintheAscendingAorta
CWBeam:IntheAscendingAortaNormalFlow:SystolicAbnormalFindings:Increasedsystolicflowvelocityandspectralbroadeningduetoaorticorsubaorticstenosis.Retrogradediastolicflowduetoaorticinsufficiency.
CWBeamintheDescendingAorta
CWBeam:IntheDescendingAortaNormalFlow:Systolic...[阅读全文]