scholarly journals Assessment of left ventricular relaxation by continuous-wave doppler echocardiography: Accuracy of measurement of the time constant tau: An animal study

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Zhou ◽  
Michael Jones ◽  
Takahiro Shiota ◽  
Dag Teien ◽  
Shuping Ge ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai Xufang

Left ventricular relaxation time constant, Tau, is the best index to evaluate left ventricular diastolic function. The measurement is only available traditionally in catheter lab. In Echo lab, several methods of non-invasive measurement of Tau have been tried since 1992, however almost all the methods are still utilizing the same formula to calculate Tau as in catheter lab, which makes them inconvenient, time-consuming and sometimes not very accurate. A simple method to calculate Tau in patients with mitral regurgitation has been developed just based on Weiss’ formula and simplified Bernoulli’s equation. Similarly, formulas are developed here by pure mathematical derivative to calculate Tau by continuous-wave Doppler in patients with aortic regurgitation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xufang Bai

Left ventricular relaxation time constant, Tau, is the best index to evaluate left ventricular diastolic function, but the measurement is only available traditionally in catheter lab. In Echo lab, several methods of non-invasive measurement of Tau have been tried since 1992, however almost all the methods are still utilizing the same formula to calculate Tau as in catheter lab, which makes them inconvenient, time-consuming and sometimes not very accurate. Based on Weiss’ formula and simplified Bernoulli’s equation, a simple method is developed by pure mathematical derivative to calculate Tau by continuous-wave Doppler in patients with mitral regurgitation.


Circulation ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Yamamoto ◽  
Tohru Masuyama ◽  
Yasuji Doi ◽  
Johji Naito ◽  
Toshiaki Mano ◽  
...  

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