SA8000 SE Reference manual 91
Cardiology C mode
▐ MV Regurg, TV Regurg
PISA(Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area) Radius
Reference : Oh, J.K., Seward, J.B., Tajik, A.J. The Echo Manual. Boston: Little,
Brown and Company, 1994, p.106.
Schmailzl, K., Omerod, O., Editors. Ultrasound in Cardiology. Blackwell Science,
1994, p.125.
PISA-Radios is the radial distance of the isovelocity shell from the orifice
2
2
π
=PISA
where : PISA = Proximal Isovelocity surface area in cm
2
, r = Radial distance of
the isovelocity shell from the orifice in cm
<Figure - Regurgitant Flow-PISA Radius>
PISA(Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area) Alias Velocity
Reference : Schmailzl. K., Omerod, O., Editors. Ultrasound in Cardiology.
Blackwell Science, 1994, p.125
.
PISA-Alias Velocity is the peak velocity of the regurgitant jet on the Doppler
display.
<Figure – Regurgitant Flow-PISA Alias Velocity>
Regurgitant Volume Flow Rate (Rate)
Reference : Oh, J.K., Seward, J.B., Tajik, A.J. The Echo Manual. Boston:Little,
Brown and Company, 1994, p. 106
Rate is calculated in milliliters/sec.
VrPISARate
Where: PISA = Proximal isovelocity surface area in cm
2
, Vr = Color flow velocity
at radius r in cm/sec measured at the mitral orifice on the Color display
Effective Regurgitant Orifice(ERO)
Reference : Oh, J.K., Seward, J.B., Tajik, A.J. The Echo Manual. Boston:Little,
Brown and Company, 1994, pp. 108-109
Vmr is the peak velocity of the mitral regurgitant jet measured on the Doppler
display.
VmrRateERO
Regurgitant Volume (Vol)
Reference : Oh, J.K., Seward, J.B., Tajik, A.J. The Echo Manual. Boston:Little,
Brown and Company, 1994, pp. 108-109
VTlmrEROVol
Where: Vol = Regurgitant volume in milliliters, ERO = Effective Regurgitant
area in cm
2
, VTImr = Velocity integral of the Regurgitant flow measured on the
Doppler display