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A new noninvasive method for assessing mild coronary atherosclerosis: transthoracic convergent color Doppler after heart rate reduction. Validation vs. intracoronary ultrasound. Coron Artery Dis 2021; 31:500-511. [PMID: 32271240 DOI: 10.1097/mca.0000000000000873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND A more sensitive transthoracic color Doppler technology (convergent color Doppler), along with a heart rate (HR) reduction and new tomographic planes, can greatly improve coronary blood flow velocity (BFV) recordings in the left main (LMCA) and left anterior descending (LAD) coronary arteries, allowing the detection of even a slight acceleration of BFV due to mild coronary stenosis. METHODS A group of 26 patients underwent convergent color Doppler transthoracic echocardiography (CC-Doppler TTE) in the LMCA and in the LAD coronary arteries before and after HR lowering. A second group of 71 patients scheduled for intravascular ultrasound, expanded to 96 with 25 more patients with normal LAD (by angiography/low likelihood of disease), underwent BFV Doppler recordings by CC-Doppler TTE of the whole LAD (specifically the proximal, mid and distal segments) to detect a localized increase in BFV, after attaining maximal and reference BFV in each segment. RESULTS In the first group, HR reduction dramatically improved the detection of optimal flow in the LMCA and LAD, from 4 to 54% and from 6 to 94% of the segments, respectively (P < 0.001). In the second group intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) showed mild stenoses in 60 patients. The maximum velocity was higher in the diseased segment than normal segments (49 ± 24 vs. 33 ± 11 cm/s; P < 0.001) and as the reference velocity was similar (32 ± 9 vs. 33 ± 11 cm/s; P = ns), the % increase was also higher (52 ± 52 vs. 0.7 ± 3%; P < 0.001). Using a >21% increase in velocity as a cutoff value, the sensitivity and specificity of CC-Doppler TTE in detecting at least one LAD plaque were 87% (52/60 patients [pts]) and 100% (36/36 pts), respectively. CONCLUSION CC-Doppler TTE evaluation of LAD BFV is greatly improved after reducing HR, allowing accurate noninvasive assessment of mild LAD stenosis with no radiation exposure.
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Hansen KL, Møller-Sørensen H, Kjaergaard J, Jensen MB, Lund JT, Pedersen MM, Olesen JB, Jensen JA, Nielsen MB. Vector Flow Imaging Compared with Conventional Doppler Ultrasound and Thermodilution for Estimation of Blood Flow in the Ascending Aorta. ULTRASONIC IMAGING 2017; 39:3-18. [PMID: 26705136 DOI: 10.1177/0161734615620137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Transverse oscillation (TO) is a real-time ultrasound vector flow method implemented on a commercial scanner. The TO setup was examined on a flowrig with constant and pulsatile flow. Subsequently, 25 patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery were scanned intraoperatively with TO on the ascending aorta and compared to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and pulmonary artery catheter thermodilution (PACTD). On the flowrig, TO had a precision of 5.5%, 9.4% and 14.7%, a percentage error of 18.2%, 14.6% and 40.7%, and a mean bias of 0.4 cm/s, 36.8 ml/min and 32.4 ml/min for velocity and flow rate (constant and pulsatile) estimation. The correlation coefficients for all flowrig evaluations were 0.99 indicating systematic bias. After bias correction, the percentage error was reduced to 11.5%, 12.6% and 15.9% for velocity and flow rate (constant and pulsatile) estimation. In the in vivo setup, TO, TEE, and PACTD had a precision of 21.9%, 13.7%, and 12.0%. TO compared with TEE and PACTD had a mean bias of 12.6 cm/s and -0.08 l/min, and a percentage error of 23.4%, and 36.7%, respectively. The percentage error was reduced to 22.9% for the TEE comparison, but increased to 43.8% for the PACTD comparison, after correction for the systematic bias found in the flowrig. TO is a reliable and precise method for velocity and flow rate estimation on a flowrig. However, TO with the present setup, is not interchangeable with PACTD for cardiac volume flow estimation, but is a reliable and precise angle-independent ultrasound alternative for velocity estimation of cardiac flow.
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- 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 3 Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 4 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 5 Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, DTU Elektro, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- 5 Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, DTU Elektro, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Stecher D, Bronkers G, Noest JOT, Tulleken CAF, Hoefer IE, van Herwerden LA, Pasterkamp G, Buijsrogge MP. Evaluation of a novel laser-assisted coronary anastomotic connector - the Trinity Clip - in a porcine off-pump bypass model. J Vis Exp 2014:e52127. [PMID: 25490000 PMCID: PMC4354326 DOI: 10.3791/52127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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To simplify and facilitate beating heart (i.e., off-pump), minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery, a new coronary anastomotic connector, the Trinity Clip, is developed based on the excimer laser-assisted nonocclusive anastomosis technique. The Trinity Clip connector enables simplified, sutureless, and nonocclusive connection of the graft to the coronary artery, and an excimer laser catheter laser-punches the opening of the anastomosis. Consequently, owing to the complete nonocclusive anastomosis construction, coronary conditioning (i.e., occluding or shunting) is not necessary, in contrast to the conventional anastomotic technique, hence simplifying the off-pump bypass procedure. Prior to clinical application in coronary artery bypass grafting, the safety and quality of this novel connector will be evaluated in a long-term experimental porcine off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) study. In this paper, we describe how to evaluate the coronary anastomosis in the porcine OPCAB model using various techniques to assess its quality. Representative results are summarized and visually demonstrated.
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- David Stecher
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht;
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- Department of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht
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- Department of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht
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Nyrnes SA, Løvstakken L, Døhlen G, Skogvoll E, Torp H, Skjaerpe T, Norgård G, Samstad S, Graven T, Haugen BO. Blood Flow Imaging in Transesophageal Echocardiography during Atrial Septal Defect Closure: A Comparison with the Current References. Echocardiography 2014; 32:34-41. [DOI: 10.1111/echo.12610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Siri Ann Nyrnes
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Trondheim Norway
- Department of Pediatrics; St. Olav's University Hospital; Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine; Section for Pediatric Cardiology; Oslo University Hospital; Oslo Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Trondheim Norway
- Department of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine; St. Olav's University Hospital; Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Cardiology; St. Olav's University Hospital; Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine; Section for Pediatric Cardiology; Oslo University Hospital; Oslo Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Trondheim Norway
- Department of Cardiology; St. Olav's University Hospital; Trondheim Norway
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- Levanger Hospital; Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust; Levanger Norway
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- Department of Cardiology; St. Olav's University Hospital; Trondheim Norway
- MI-Laboratory; Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging; NTNU; Trondheim Norway
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Hansen KL, Pedersen MM, Møller-Sørensen H, Kjaergaard J, Nilsson JC, Lund JT, Jensen JA, Nielsen MB. Intraoperative cardiac ultrasound examination using vector flow imaging. ULTRASONIC IMAGING 2013; 35:318-332. [PMID: 24081728 DOI: 10.1177/0161734613505552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Conventional ultrasound (US) methods for blood velocity estimation only provide one-dimensional and angle-dependent velocity estimates; thus, the complexity of cardiac flow has been difficult to measure. To circumvent these limitations, the Transverse Oscillation (TO) vector flow method has been proposed. The vector flow method implemented on a commercial scanner provided real-time, angle-independent estimates of cardiac blood flow. Epicardiac and epiaortic, intraoperative US examinations were performed on three patients with stenosed coronary arteries scheduled for bypass surgery. Repeating cyclic beat-to-beat flow patterns were seen in the ascending aorta and pulmonary artery of each patient, but these patterns varied between patients. Early systolic retrograde flow filling the aortic sinuses was seen in the ascending aorta as well as early systolic retrograde flow in the pulmonary artery. In diastole, stable vortices in aortic sinuses of the ascending aorta created central antegrade flow. A stable vortex in the right atrium was seen during the entire heart cycle. The measurements were compared with estimates obtained intraoperatively with conventional spectral Doppler US using a transesophageal and an epiaortic approach. Mean differences in peak systole velocity of 11% and 26% were observed when TO was compared with transesophageal echocardiography and epiaortic US, respectively. In one patient, the cardiac output derived from vector velocities was compared with pulmonary artery catheter thermodilution technique and showed a difference of 16%. Vector flow provides real-time, angle-independent vector velocities of cardiac blood flow. The technique can potentially reveal new information of cardiovascular physiology and give insight into blood flow dynamics.
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Yiu BYS, Yu ACH. High-frame-rate ultrasound color-encoded speckle imaging of complex flow dynamics. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2013; 39:1015-25. [PMID: 23511009 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2012] [Revised: 11/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Realization of flow imaging at high frame rates is essential to the visualization of complex flow patterns with fast-changing spatiotemporal dynamics. In this study, we present an experimental demonstration of a novel ultrasound-based high-frame-rate flow visualization technique called color-encoded speckle imaging (CESI), which depicts flow information in a hybrid form comprising flow speckle pattern and color-encoded velocity mapping. This technique works by integrating two key principles: (i) using broad-view data acquisition schemes like plane wave compounding to obtain image data at frame rates well beyond the video display range and (ii) deriving and displaying both flow speckles and velocity estimates from the acquired broad-view image data. CESI was realized on a channel-domain ultrasound imaging research platform, and its performance was evaluated in the context of monitoring complex flow dynamics inside a carotid bifurcation flow phantom with 25% eccentric stenosis at the inlet of the internal carotid artery. Results show that, using an imaging frame rate of 2000 frames per second (based on plane wave compounding with five steering angles), CESI can effectively render flow acceleration and deceleration with visual continuity. It is also effective in depicting how stenosis-related flow disturbance events, such as flow jet formation and post-stenotic flow recirculation, evolve spatiotemporally over a pulse cycle. We anticipate that CESI can represent a rational approach to rendering flow information in ultrasound-based vascular diagnoses.
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- Billy Y S Yiu
- Medical Engineering Program, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Eggebø TM, Dirdal HU, Vonbrandis P. Allantoid cyst in the umbilical cord diagnosed with B-flow ultrasound. BMJ Case Rep 2012; 2012:bcr.03.2012.6064. [PMID: 22927270 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.03.2012.6064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Allantiod cysts are true cysts in the umbilical cord. They arise from persistent structures of allantois, and the cysts are filled with urine because of a connection to the urinary bladder. Allantoid cysts are located centrally in the umbilical cord and separate the umbilical cord vessels. B-flow ultrasound is a new technique illustrating blood flow. This method is independent of the insonation angle and therefore superior to Doppler ultrasound visualising long segments of vessels with a winding course. The authors present a case with allantoid cysts diagnosed with B-flow ultrasound.
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- Torbjørn Moe Eggebø
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
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Nyrnes SA, Lovstakken L, Skogvoll E, Torp H, Haugen BO. Does a New Ultrasound Flow Modality Improve Visualization of Neonatal Pulmonary Veins? Echocardiography 2010; 27:1113-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Lindbergh T, Larsson M, Szabó Z, Casimir-Ahn H, Strömberg T. Intramyocardial oxygen transport by quantitative diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in calves. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:027009. [PMID: 20459283 DOI: 10.1117/1.3374050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Intramyocardial oxygen transport was assessed during open-chest surgery in calves by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy using a small intramuscular fiber-optic probe. The sum of hemo- and myoglobin tissue fraction and oxygen saturation, the tissue fraction and oxidation of cytochrome aa3, and the tissue fraction of methemoglobin were estimated using a calibrated empirical light transport model. Increasing the oxygen content in the inhaled gas, 21%-50%-100%, in five calves (group A) gave an increasing oxygen saturation of 19+/-4%, 24+/-5%, and 28+/-8% (p<0.001, ANOVA repeated measures design) and mean tissue fractions of 1.6% (cytochrome aa3) and 1.1% (hemo- and myoglobin). Cardiac arrest in two calves gave an oxygen saturation lower than 5%. In two calves (group B), a left ventricular assistive device (LVAD pump) was implanted. Oxygen saturation in group B animals increased with LVAD pump speed (p<0.001, ANOVA) and with oxygen content in inhaled gas (p<0.001, ANOVA). The cytochrome aa3 oxidation level was above 96% in both group A and group B calves, including the two cases involving cardiac arrest. In conclusion, the estimated tissue fractions and oxygenation/oxidation levels of the myocardial chromophores during respiratory and hemodynamic provocations were in agreement with previously presented results, demonstrating the potential of the method.
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- Tobias Lindbergh
- Linkoping University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Biomedical Instrumentation, Linkoping, 58185 Sweden.
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Lindseth F, Lovstakken L, Rygh OM, Tangen GA, Torp H, Unsgaard G. Blood flow imaging: an angle-independent ultrasound modality for intraoperative assessment of flow dynamics in neurovascular surgery. Neurosurgery 2009; 65:149-57; discussion 157. [PMID: 19934989 DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000345945.92559.c5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical applicability of navigated blood flow imaging (BFI) in neurovascular applications. BFI is a new 2-dimensional ultrasound modality that offers angle-independent visualization of flow. When integrated with 3-dimensional (3D) navigation technology, BFI can be considered as a first step toward the ideal tool for surgical needs: a real-time, high-resolution, 3D visualization that properly portrays both vessel geometry and flow direction. METHODS A 3D model of the vascular tree was extracted from preoperative magnetic resonance angiographic data and used as a reference for intraoperative any-plane guided ultrasound acquisitions. A high-end ultrasound scanner was interconnected, and synchronized recordings of BFI and 3D navigation scenes were acquired. The potential of BFI as an intraoperative tool for flow visualization was evaluated in 3 cerebral aneurysms and 3 arteriovenous malformations. RESULTS The neurovascular flow direction was properly visualized in all cases using BFI. Navigation technology allowed for identification of the vessels of interest, despite the presence of brain shift. The surgeon found BFI to be very intuitive compared with conventional color Doppler methods. BFI allowed for quality control of sufficient flow in all distal arteries during aneurysm surgery and made it easier to discern between feeding arteries and draining veins during surgery for arteriovenous malformations. CONCLUSION BFI seems to be a promising modality for neurovascular flow visualization that may provide the neurosurgeon with a valuable tool for safer surgical interventions. However, further work is needed to establish the clinical usefulness of the proposed imaging setup.
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Visualization of, and measurements related to, haemodynamic phenomena in arteries may be made using ultrasound systems. Most ultrasound technology relies on simple measurements of blood velocity taken from a single site, such as the peak systolic velocity for assessment of the degree of lumen reduction caused by an arterial stenosis. Real-time two-dimensional (2D) flow field visualization is possible using several methods, such as colour flow, blood flow imaging, and echo particle image velocimetry; these have applications in the examination of the flow field in diseased arteries and in heart chambers. Three-dimensional (3D) and four-dimensional ultrasound systems have been described. These have been used to provide 2D velocity profile data for the estimation of volumetric flow. However, they are limited for haemodynamic evaluation in that they provide only one component of the velocity. The provision of all seven components (three space, three velocity, and one time) is possible using image-guided modelling, in which 3D ultrasound is combined with computational fluid dynamics. This method also allows estimation of turbulence data and of relevant quantities such as the wall shear stress.
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- P R Hoskins
- Department of Medical Physics, Edinburgh University, Chancellors Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK,
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