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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Apr 1993
ReviewThe relationship between "normal" transesophageal color-flow Doppler-defined tricuspid regurgitation and thermodilution right ventricular ejection fraction measurements.
- T Rafferty, M Durkin, R L Hines, J Elefteriades, and T Z O'Connor.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
- J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 1993 Apr 1;7(2):167-74.
AbstractTwenty coronary artery revascularization patients, aged 58 +/- 15 years, were studied intraoperatively to define the impact of Doppler-defined tricuspid regurgitation on measurement of thermodilution right ventricular ejection fraction (50 msec response pulmonary artery catheter). Right ventricular function was also estimated using a measurement technique independent of flow patterns across the tricuspid valve (transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiographic 5.0 MHz phased-array transducer). Measurements included transverse plane long- and short-axis planimetered area ratio, respectively, and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion ratio (ratio = end-diastolic minus end-systolic value divided by end-diastolic value). Data were expressed as thermodilution-echocardiographic gradients, ie, thermodilution ejection fraction minus long-axis planimetered area ratio, short-axis planimetered area ratio, and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion ratio, respectively. Tricuspid regurgitation was quantified by color-flow Doppler perimetry of maximal regurgitation jet area and analysis of transduced right atrial pressure waveform. Doppler estimates were expressed as absolute values and as a function of corresponding atrial area (tricuspid regurgitation index = planimetered jet area divided by right atrial area). Data were obtained following endotracheal intubation, sternotomy, pericardiotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass, and chest closure. Data were evaluated by regression analysis, with separate analyses performed for each time period. Profiles were unassociated with right atrial pressure waveform abnormalities. There was no significant relationship between thermodilution ejection fraction variance values and tricuspid regurgitation jet area or regurgitation index, respectively. In each measurement period, thermodilution-echocardiographic gradients were also unrelated to the tricuspid regurgitation estimates.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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