Velocity profile in the main pulmonary artery in a canine model.
Cardiovasc Res
; 18(10): 620-5, 1984 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The velocity profile of the main pulmonary artery was determined in nine adult, open-chested, mechanically ventilated mongrel dogs using an intraluminal, needle-mounted, range-gated, pulsed Doppler technique. Mean phasic point velocities were determined at 2 mm intervals across the lumen of the vessel, 2 cm above the pulmonary valve, by recording the Doppler shift of an activated 20 MHz piezoelectric crystal, range-gated 3.5 mm in the direction of the pulmonary valve. Mean Reynolds numbers from the main pulmonary artery ranged from 275 to 1140. Radially normalised intraluminal distance versus mean phasic point velocity plots were constructed which demonstrated a curved profile in all 9 dogs. First order regression analysis demonstrated a poor fit (r 0.05-0.68). Second order (r0.61-0.97) and third order (r0.72-0.99) regression analyses markedly improved the fit, confirming the non-linear nature of the velocity profile. Step-wise third order regression analysis to determine the importance of the entry sequence demonstrated that the most important term for determining the regression coefficient was the X2 term in six dogs. In addition, the velocity profile was noted to be shifted, with the highest velocities recorded between the centre of the vessel and the anterior wall in eight of nine dogs (location of highest velocity +0.26 radius +/- 0.25 (mean +/- SD).
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Artéria Pulmonar
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
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Cardiovasc Res
Ano de publicação:
1984
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Article