Pulmonary venous flow determinants of left atrial pressure under different loading conditions in a chronic animal model with mitral regurgitation

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 1181-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Yang ◽  
Michael Jones ◽  
Takahiro Shiota ◽  
Jian Xin Qin ◽  
Yong Jin Kim ◽  
...  
Cardiology ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jer-Min Lin ◽  
Yi-Heng Li ◽  
Kwan-Lih Hsu ◽  
Juey-Jen Hwang ◽  
Yung-Zu Tseng

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (2) ◽  
pp. H594-H600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Firstenberg ◽  
Neil L. Greenberg ◽  
Nicholas G. Smedira ◽  
David L. Prior ◽  
Gregory M. Scalia ◽  
...  

The simplified Bernoulli equation relates fluid convective energy derived from flow velocities to a pressure gradient and is commonly used in clinical echocardiography to determine pressure differences across stenotic orifices. Its application to pulmonary venous flow has not been described in humans. Twelve patients undergoing cardiac surgery had simultaneous high-fidelity pulmonary venous and left atrial pressure measurements and pulmonary venous pulsed Doppler echocardiography performed. Convective gradients for the systolic (S), diastolic (D), and atrial reversal (AR) phases of pulmonary venous flow were determined using the simplified Bernoulli equation and correlated with measured actual pressure differences. A linear relationship was observed between the convective ( y) and actual ( x) pressure differences for the S ( y = 0.23 x + 0.0074, r = 0.82) and D ( y = 0.22 x + 0.092, r = 0.81) waves, but not for the AR wave ( y = 0.030 x + 0.13, r = 0.10). Numerical modeling resulted in similar slopes for the S ( y = 0.200 x − 0.127, r = 0.97), D ( y = 0.247 x − 0.354, r= 0.99), and AR ( y = 0.087 x − 0.083, r = 0.96) waves. Consistent with numerical modeling, the convective term strongly correlates with but significantly underestimates actual gradient because of large inertial forces.


1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (6) ◽  
pp. H2296-H2302 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Steen ◽  
B. M. Voss ◽  
O. A. Smiseth

In six open-chest anesthetized dogs we investigated the effect of heart rate (HR) on the relationship between left atrial pressure (LAP) and pulmonary venous flow (QPV). QPV was measured by ultrasonic transit time during volume loading and right atrial pacing. Consistent with previous studies, we found a negative correlation between LAP and mean flow rate during atrial systole divided by mean flow rate in the R-R interval. However, this relationship was shifted upward by tachycardia. The QPV maximum amplitude divided by mean flow rate in the R-R interval increased with loading but decreased with tachycardia. mean flow rate during ventricular systole divided by mean flow rate during the R-R interval increased with both loading and tachycardia. Regression coefficients for HR and LAP as predictors of these indexes were all significantly different from zero (P = 0.0001). We conclude that HR significantly influences the relationship between the QPV pattern and LAP. This could be a limitation of the pulmonary venous flow pattern as an indicator of left ventricular diastolic function.


2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (8) ◽  
pp. 1379-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Ikenaga ◽  
Atsushi Hayashi ◽  
Takafumi Nagaura ◽  
Satoshi Yamaguchi ◽  
Jun Yoshida ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 70 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S277
Author(s):  
I. A. Muhiudeen ◽  
H. F. Kuecherer ◽  
N. B. Schiller ◽  
M. K. Cahalan

1991 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 447-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Obermiller ◽  
S. Lakshminarayan ◽  
S. Willoughby ◽  
J. Mendenhall ◽  
J. Butler

Infarction of the lung is uncommon even when both the pulmonary and the bronchial blood supplies are interrupted. We studied the possibility that a tidal reverse pulmonary venous flow is driven by the alternating distension and compression of alveolar and extra-alveolar vessels with the lung volume changes of breathing and also that a pulsatile reverse flow is caused by left atrial pressure transients. We infused SF6, a relatively insoluble inert gas, into the left atrium of anesthetized goats in which we had interrupted the left pulmonary artery and the bronchial circulation. SF6 was measured in the left lung exhalate as a reflection of the reverse pulmonary venous flow. No SF6 was exhaled when the pulmonary veins were occluded. SF6 was exhaled in increasing amounts as left atrial pressure, tidal volume, and ventilatory rates rose during mechanical ventilation. SF6 was not excreted when we increased left atrial pressure transients by causing mitral insufficiency in the absence of lung volume changes (continuous flow ventilation). Markers injected into the left atrial blood reached the alveolar capillaries. We conclude that reverse pulmonary venous flow is driven by tidal ventilation but not by left atrial pressure transients. It reaches the alveoli and could nourish the alveolar tissues when there is no inflow of arterial blood.


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