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Kerrebijn I, Atwi S, Elfarnawany M, Eibl AM, Eibl JK, Taylor JL, Kim CH, Johnson BD, Kenny JÉS. The correlation between carotid artery Doppler and stroke volume during central blood volume loss and resuscitation. Acute Crit Care 2024; 39:162-168. [PMID: 38476069 PMCID: PMC11002613 DOI: 10.4266/acc.2023.01095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Using peripheral arteries to infer central hemodynamics is common among hemodynamic monitors. Doppler ultrasound of the common carotid artery has been used in this manner with conflicting results. We investigated the relationship between changing common carotid artery Doppler measures and stroke volume (SV), hypothesizing that more consecutively-averaged cardiac cycles would improve SV-carotid Doppler correlation. METHODS Twenty-seven healthy volunteers were recruited and studied in a physiology laboratory. Carotid artery Doppler pulse was measured with a wearable, wireless ultrasound during central hypovolemia and resuscitation induced by a stepped lower body negative pressure protocol. The change in maximum velocity time integral (VTI) and corrected flow time of the carotid artery (ccFT) were compared with changing SV using repeated measures correlation. RESULTS In total, 73,431 cardiac cycles were compared across 27 subjects. There was a strong linear correlation between changing SV and carotid Doppler measures during simulated hemorrhage (repeated-measures linear correlation [Rrm ]=0.91 for VTI; 0.88 for ccFT). This relationship improved with larger numbers of consecutively-averaged cardiac cycles. For ccFT, beyond four consecutively-averaged cardiac cycles the correlation coefficient remained strong (i.e., Rrm of at least 0.80). For VTI, the correlation coefficient with SV was strong for any number of averaged cardiac cycles. For both ccFT and VTI, Rrm remained stable around 25 consecutively-averaged cardiac cycles. CONCLUSIONS There was a strong linear correlation between changing SV and carotid Doppler measures during central blood volume loss. The strength of this relationship was dependent upon the number of consecutively-averaged cardiac cycles.
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- Flosonics Medical, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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- Flosonics Medical, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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- Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Physiology and Ultrasound Laboratory in Science and Exercise, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Flosonics Medical, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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Kenny JES. The left ventricular outflow tract and carotid artery velocity time integrals. FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 2024; 6:1320810. [PMID: 38333734 PMCID: PMC10847292 DOI: 10.3389/fmedt.2024.1320810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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The left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral (LVOT VTI) is commonly used in the intensive care unit as a measure of stroke volume (SV) and how the SV changes in response to an intervention; therefore, the LVOT VTI is used to guide intravenous fluid management. Various peripheral Doppler surrogates are proposed to infer the LVOT VTI (e.g., measures from the common carotid artery). A recently-described, novel method of insonation has an excellent ability to detect change in the LVOT VTI. This approach raises important facets of Doppler flow and insonation error, as well as the general principles at play when using a peripheral artery to infer changes from the left ventricle. Relating the VTI of a peripheral artery to the LVOT VTI was recently described mathematically and may help clinicians think about the Doppler relationship between central and peripheral flow.
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- Jon-Emile S. Kenny
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Flosonics Medical, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Kerrebijn I, Munding CE, Horner C, Atwi S, Elfarnawany M, Eibl AM, Eibl JK, Taylor JL, Kim CH, Johnson BD, Kenny JÉS. The Correlation between Carotid Artery Corrected Flow Time and Velocity Time Integral during Central Blood Volume Loss and Resuscitation. J Med Ultrasound 2023; 31:309-313. [PMID: 38264586 PMCID: PMC10802870 DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_80_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Doppler ultrasound of the common carotid artery is used to infer central hemodynamics. For example, change in the common carotid artery corrected flow time (ccFT) and velocity time integral (VTI) are proposed surrogates of changing stroke volume. However, conflicting data exist which may be due to inadequate beat sample size and measurement variability - both intrinsic to handheld systems. In this brief communication, we determined the correlation between changing ccFT and carotid VTI during progressively severe central blood volume loss and resuscitation. Methods Measurements were obtained through a novel, wireless, wearable Doppler ultrasound system. Sixteen participants (ages of 18-40 years with no previous medical history) were studied across 25 lower body-negative pressure protocols. Relationships were assessed using repeated-measures correlation regression models. Results In total, 33,110 cardiac cycles comprise this analysis; repeated-measures correlation showed a strong, linear relationship between ccFT and VTI. The strength of the ccFT-VTI relationship was dependent on the number of consecutively averaged cardiac cycles (R1 cycle = 0.70, R2 cycles = 0.74, and R10 cycles = 0.81). Conclusions These results positively support future clinical investigations employing common carotid artery Doppler as a surrogate for central hemodynamics.
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- Flosonics Medical, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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- Flosonics Medical, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Flosonics Medical, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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Kenny JÉS, Gibbs SO, Eibl JK, Eibl AM, Yang Z, Johnston D, Munding CE, Elfarnawany M, Lau VC, Kemp BO, Nalla B, Atoui R. Simultaneous venous-arterial Doppler during preload augmentation: illustrating the Doppler Starling curve. Ultrasound J 2023; 15:32. [PMID: 37505318 PMCID: PMC10382420 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-023-00330-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Providing intravenous (IV) fluids to a patient with signs or symptoms of hypoperfusion is common. However, evaluating the IV fluid 'dose-response' curve of the heart is elusive. Two patients were studied in the emergency department with a wireless, wearable Doppler ultrasound system. Change in the common carotid arterial and internal jugular Doppler spectrograms were simultaneously obtained as surrogates of left ventricular stroke volume (SV) and central venous pressure (CVP), respectively. Both patients initially had low CVP jugular venous Doppler spectrograms. With preload augmentation, only one patient had arterial Doppler measures indicative of significant SV augmentation (i.e., 'fluid responsive'). The other patient manifested diminishing arterial response, suggesting depressed SV (i.e., 'fluid unresponsive') with evidence of ventricular asynchrony. In this short communication, we describe how a wireless, wearable Doppler ultrasound simultaneously tracks surrogates of cardiac preload and output within a 'Doppler Starling curve' framework; implications for IV fluid dosing are discussed.
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- Jon-Émile S Kenny
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada.
- Flosonics Medical, 325 W. Front Street, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Flosonics Medical, 325 W. Front Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
- NOSM University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Flosonics Medical, 325 W. Front Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Flosonics Medical, 325 W. Front Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- NOSM University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- NOSM University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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Munding CE, Kenny JÉS, Yang Z, Clarke G, Elfarnawany M, Eibl AM, Eibl JK, Nalla B, Atoui R. Detecting the Change in Total Circulatory Flow with a Wireless, Wearable Doppler Ultrasound Patch: A Pilot Study. Crit Care Explor 2023; 5:e0914. [PMID: 37168690 PMCID: PMC10166367 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Measuring fluid responsiveness is important in the management of critically ill patients, with a 10-15% change in cardiac output typically being used to indicate "fluid responsiveness." Ideally, these changes would be measured noninvasively and peripherally. The aim of this study was to determine how the common carotid artery (CCA) maximum velocity changes with total circulatory flow when confounding factors are mitigated and determine a value for CCA maximum velocity corresponding to a 10% change in total circulatory flow. DESIGN Prospective observational pilot study. SETTING Patients undergoing elective, on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. PATIENTS Fourteen patients were referred for elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. INTERVENTIONS Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) pump flow changes during surgery, as chosen by the perfusionist. MEASUREMENTS A hands-free, wearable Doppler patch was used for CCA velocity measurements with the aim of preventing user errors in ultrasound measurements. Maximum CCA velocity was determined from the spectrogram acquired by the Doppler patch. CPB flow rates were recorded as displayed on the CPB console, and further measured from the peristaltic pulsation frequency visible on the recorded Doppler spectrograms. MAIN RESULTS Changes in CCA maximum velocity tracked well with changes in CPB flow. On average, a 13.6% change in CCA maximum velocity was found to correspond to a 10% change in CPB flow rate. CONCLUSIONS Changes in CCA velocity may be a useful surrogate for determining fluid responsiveness when user error can be mitigated.
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- Flosonics Medical, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury ON, Canada
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- Flosonics Medical, Sudbury, ON, Canada
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- Flosonics Medical, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury ON, Canada
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- Flosonics Medical, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury ON, Canada
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- Flosonics Medical, Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury ON, Canada
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury ON, Canada
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury ON, Canada
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury ON, Canada
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury ON, Canada
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury ON, Canada
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