TY - JOUR
T1 - Effective regurgitant orifice area in tricuspid regurgitation
T2 - Clinical implementation and follow-up study
AU - Rivera, J. Miguel
AU - Mele, Donato
AU - Vandervoort, Pieter M.
AU - Morris, Eleanor
AU - Weyman, Arthur E.
AU - Thomas, James D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Rivera is supported in part by a Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias grant, Spain Dr. Thomas is supported in part by the Bayer Fund for Cardiovascular Research, New York.
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - Analysis of the flow-convergence zone proximal to a regurgitant orifice permits the noninvasive, quantitative measurement of clinically useful parameters of valvular insufficiency. However, many indexes such as flow rate reflect not only the size of the regurgitant lesion but are also highly dependent on the hemodynamic loading conditions. The effective regurgitant orifice area (ROA) in contrast is a more fundamental parameter, less dependent on hemodynamics and more reflective of real changes in the geometry of the valve, making it a promising index for serial assessment of patients. In this study, the measurement of regurgitant orifice area by the flow-convergence method was tested in tricuspid regurgitation and then used to monitor patients nonivasively over time. The effective ROA was calculated in 45 patients with tricuspid regurgitation by means of the flow-convergence method and compared with the ROA obtained with pulsed Doppler echocardiographic methods. An excellent correlation was obtained between the two assessments of ROA (r = 0.96, ΔROA = -0.09 ± 6.5 mm2). ROA also showed an excellent correlation with other indexes of valvular insufficiency such as regurgitant stroke volume (r = 0.89) and regurgitant fraction (r = 0.88). In a subgroup of 22 patients thought to be clinically stable, ROA was calculated serially over a mean follow-up period of 2 months and its variability compared with that of other flow-based parameters obtainable from proximal acceleration. The variation between the two studies in regurgitant stroke volume and regurgitant flow rate was 5% ± 20.6% and 5.2% ± 35.7%, respectively. The effective ROA showed significantly less variability at 1.8% ± 15%. It is concluded that the effective ROA is an excellent parameter to monitor in the serial assessment of valvular insufficiency because it is less dependent on hemodynamic conditions and correlates well with traditional indexes of regurgitation.
AB - Analysis of the flow-convergence zone proximal to a regurgitant orifice permits the noninvasive, quantitative measurement of clinically useful parameters of valvular insufficiency. However, many indexes such as flow rate reflect not only the size of the regurgitant lesion but are also highly dependent on the hemodynamic loading conditions. The effective regurgitant orifice area (ROA) in contrast is a more fundamental parameter, less dependent on hemodynamics and more reflective of real changes in the geometry of the valve, making it a promising index for serial assessment of patients. In this study, the measurement of regurgitant orifice area by the flow-convergence method was tested in tricuspid regurgitation and then used to monitor patients nonivasively over time. The effective ROA was calculated in 45 patients with tricuspid regurgitation by means of the flow-convergence method and compared with the ROA obtained with pulsed Doppler echocardiographic methods. An excellent correlation was obtained between the two assessments of ROA (r = 0.96, ΔROA = -0.09 ± 6.5 mm2). ROA also showed an excellent correlation with other indexes of valvular insufficiency such as regurgitant stroke volume (r = 0.89) and regurgitant fraction (r = 0.88). In a subgroup of 22 patients thought to be clinically stable, ROA was calculated serially over a mean follow-up period of 2 months and its variability compared with that of other flow-based parameters obtainable from proximal acceleration. The variation between the two studies in regurgitant stroke volume and regurgitant flow rate was 5% ± 20.6% and 5.2% ± 35.7%, respectively. The effective ROA showed significantly less variability at 1.8% ± 15%. It is concluded that the effective ROA is an excellent parameter to monitor in the serial assessment of valvular insufficiency because it is less dependent on hemodynamic conditions and correlates well with traditional indexes of regurgitation.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-8703(94)90591-6
DO - 10.1016/0002-8703(94)90591-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 7942486
AN - SCOPUS:0028139117
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 128
SP - 927
EP - 933
JO - American heart journal
JF - American heart journal
IS - 5
ER -