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In vitro measurement of stenotic human aortic valve orifice area in a pulsatile flow model. Validation of the continuity equation.
European Heart Journal 1990 June
Aortic valve orifice area estimation in patients with aortic stenosis may be obtained non-invasively using several Doppler echocardiographic methods. Their validity has been established by correlation with catheterization data using the Gorlin formula, with its inherent limitations, and small discrepancies between the methods are present. To evaluate these differences further, 15 patients with severe aortic stenosis (mean transvalvular gradient 70, range 40-130 mmHg) had aortic valve area estimations by Doppler echocardiography using two variations of the continuity equation. The intact valves removed at valve replacement surgery were then mounted in a pulsatile model and the anatomical area was measured (mean 0.67 +/- 0.17 cm-2) from video recordings during flow at 5.4 l min-1. Aortic valve area calculated using the integrals of the velocity-time curves measured at the left ventricular outflow tract and aortic jet (mean 0.65 +/- 0.17 cm2) correlated best with the anatomical area (r = 0.87, P less than 0.001). The area derived by using the ratio of maximum velocities from the left ventricular outflow tract and aortic jet (mean 0.69 +/- 0.18 cm2) also correlated well with the anatomical area (r = 0.79, P less than 0.001). The index between the left ventricular outflow tract and aortic jet maximum velocities was less than or equal to 0.25 in all. In patients with severe aortic stenosis the aortic valve area can be reliably estimated using Doppler echocardiography.
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