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DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE NORMAL DOG: PART II
Author(s) -
Kirberger Robert M.,
Blandvanden Berg Paul,
Grimbeek Richard J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1992.tb00163.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular outflow tract , diastole , tricuspid valve , mitral valve , doppler echocardiography , pulmonary artery , blood flow , hemodynamics , aortic valve , blood pressure
Doppler echocardiography was used to determine blood flow velocities in the normal canine heart. The areas examined were the mitral valve, left atrium, tricuspid valve, right atrium, aortic valve, left ventricular outflow tract, pulmonic valve and right ventricular outflow tract. This study then statistically evaluated the influence of breed, age, sex, heart rate, mass and various interactions of these factors on the cardiac flow values determined. Mass and heart rate had the most significant effect on the various determinations with decreasing mass and increasing heart rates generally resulting in increasing peak and mean velocities. The pulmonary artery was statistically judged as being the flow area most susceptible to such influences. Comparisons were made between pulsed and continuous wave Doppler for peak velocities over the four valve areas with only aortic flow, as measured from the left caudal view, showing a significant difference between the two techniques. Mitral flow as compared to tricuspid flow showed a statistically significant difference between peak late diastolic velocities only. The ratio of early mitral diastolic flow to late mitral diastolic flow was always greater than one. Pulmonary flow showed a number of statistically significant differences when compared to aortic flow.