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Özbay K, Semiz A. Assessment of Uterine Blood Flow in Mild Primary Dysmenorrhea. J Pain Res 2024; 17:2071-2077. [PMID: 38887385 PMCID: PMC11182353 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s456239] [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] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Purpose We aimed to assess uterine and arcuate artery Doppler indices in patients with mild primary dysmenorrhea. Patients and Methods A total of 55 patients were included, consisting of women without dysmenorrhea (n=26, group A) and women with mild primary dysmenorrhea (n=29, group B). Doppler measurements of the uterine and arcuate arteries were performed in both groups on the 1st-2nd days and 21st-24th days (midluteal phase) of the menstrual cycle using transvaginal ultrasound and compared between the groups. The severity of dysmenorrhea was assessed using visual analog scale scores. Results Doppler measurements of the uterine and arcuate arteries performed on the 1st-2nd days of the menstrual cycle and the midluteal phase were similar between the groups (p>0.05). There was a significant decrease in the intragroup measurements of uterine and arcuate arteries performed on the first day of menstruation and the luteal phase in both groups (p<0.01). Conclusion Doppler findings of the uterine and arcuate arteries did not differ between patients with and without mild primary dysmenorrhea. The etiology of primary dysmenorrhea mainly involves ischemia and vasoconstriction, but mild primary dysmenorrhea appears to be associated with a different etiology other than decreased tissue perfusion.
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- Koray Özbay
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Memorial Şişli Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Memorial Şişli Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Dirks ML, Jameson TSO, Andrews RC, Dunlop MV, Abdelrahman DR, Murton AJ, Wall BT, Stephens FB. The impact of forearm immobilization and acipimox administration on muscle amino acid metabolism and insulin sensitivity in healthy, young volunteers. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2024; 326:E277-E289. [PMID: 38231001 PMCID: PMC11193527 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00345.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Although the mechanisms underpinning short-term muscle disuse atrophy and associated insulin resistance remain to be elucidated, perturbed lipid metabolism might be involved. Our aim was to determine the impact of acipimox administration [i.e., pharmacologically lowering circulating nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) availability] on muscle amino acid metabolism and insulin sensitivity during short-term disuse. Eighteen healthy individuals (age: 22 ± 1 years; body mass index: 24.0 ± 0.6 kg·m-2) underwent 2 days forearm immobilization with placebo (PLA; n = 9) or acipimox (ACI; 250 mg Olbetam; n = 9) ingestion four times daily. Before and after immobilization, whole body glucose disposal rate (GDR), forearm glucose uptake (FGU; i.e., muscle insulin sensitivity), and amino acid kinetics were measured under fasting and hyperinsulinemic-hyperaminoacidemic-euglycemic clamp conditions using forearm balance and l-[ring-2H5]-phenylalanine infusions. Immobilization did not affect GDR but decreased insulin-stimulated FGU in both groups, more so in ACI (from 53 ± 8 to 12 ± 5 µmol·min-1) than PLA (from 52 ± 8 to 38 ± 13 µmol·min-1; P < 0.05). In ACI only, and in contrast to our hypothesis, fasting arterialized NEFA concentrations were elevated to 1.3 ± 0.1 mmol·L-1 postimmobilization (P < 0.05), and fasting forearm NEFA balance increased approximately fourfold (P = 0.10). Forearm phenylalanine net balance decreased following immobilization (P < 0.10), driven by an increased rate of appearance [from 32 ± 5 (fasting) and 21 ± 4 (clamp) preimmobilization to 53 ± 8 and 31 ± 4 postimmobilization; P < 0.05] while the rate of disappearance was unaffected by disuse or acipimox. Disuse-induced insulin resistance is accompanied by early signs of negative net muscle amino acid balance, which is driven by accelerated muscle amino acid efflux. Acutely elevated NEFA availability worsened muscle insulin resistance without affecting amino acid kinetics, suggesting increased muscle NEFA uptake may contribute to inactivity-induced insulin resistance but does not cause anabolic resistance.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We demonstrate that 2 days of forearm cast immobilization in healthy young volunteers leads to the rapid development of insulin resistance, which is accompanied by accelerated muscle amino acid efflux in the absence of impaired muscle amino acid uptake. Acutely elevated fasting nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) availability as a result of acipimox supplementation worsened muscle insulin resistance without affecting amino acid kinetics, suggesting increased muscle NEFA uptake may contribute to inactivity-induced insulin resistance but does not cause anabolic resistance.
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- Marlou L Dirks
- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
- Human and Animal Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health and Care Research Exeter Biomedical Research Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
- Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
- Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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Qureshi MM, Allam N, Im J, Kwon HS, Chung E, Vitkin IA. Advances in laser speckle imaging: From qualitative to quantitative hemodynamic assessment. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2024; 17:e202300126. [PMID: 37545037 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202300126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Laser speckle imaging (LSI) techniques have emerged as a promising method for visualizing functional blood vessels and tissue perfusion by analyzing the speckle patterns generated by coherent light interacting with living biological tissue. These patterns carry important biophysical tissue information including blood flow dynamics. The noninvasive, label-free, and wide-field attributes along with relatively simple instrumental schematics make it an appealing imaging modality in preclinical and clinical applications. The review outlines the fundamentals of speckle physics and the three categories of LSI techniques based on their degree of quantification: qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative. Qualitative LSI produces microvascular maps by capturing speckle contrast variations between blood vessels containing moving red blood cells and the surrounding static tissue. Semi-quantitative techniques provide a more accurate analysis of blood flow dynamics by accounting for the effect of static scattering on spatiotemporal parameters. Quantitative LSI such as optical speckle image velocimetry provides quantitative flow velocity measurements, which is inspired by the particle image velocimetry in fluid mechanics. Additionally, discussions regarding the prospects of future innovations in LSI techniques for optimizing the vascular flow quantification with associated clinical outlook are presented.
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- Muhammad Mohsin Qureshi
- Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- AI Graduate School, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Dirks ML, Jameson TS, Andrews RC, Dunlop MV, Abdelrahman DR, Murton AJ, Wall BT, Stephens FB. The impact of short-term forearm immobilization and acipimox administration on muscle amino acid metabolism and insulin sensitivity in healthy, young volunteers. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.10.561668. [PMID: 37873346 PMCID: PMC10592751 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.10.561668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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The mechanisms underpinning short-term muscle disuse atrophy remain to be elucidated, but perturbations in lipid metabolism may be involved. Specifically, positive muscle non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) balance has been implicated in the development of disuse-induced insulin and anabolic resistance. Our aim was to determine the impact of acipimox administration (i.e. pharmacologically lowering circulating NEFA availability) on muscle amino acid metabolism and insulin sensitivity during short-term disuse. Eighteen healthy individuals (age 22±1 years, BMI 24.0±0.6 kg·m-2) underwent 2 days of forearm cast immobilization with placebo (PLA; n=9, 5M/4F) or acipimox (ACI; 250 mg Olbetam; n=9, 4M/5F) ingestion four times daily. Before and after immobilization, whole-body glucose disposal rate (GDR), forearm glucose uptake (FGU, i.e. muscle insulin sensitivity), and amino acid kinetics were measured under fasting and hyperinsulinaemic-hyperaminoacidaemic-euglycaemic clamp conditions using arteriovenous forearm balance and intravenous L-[ring-2H5]phenylalanine infusions. Immobilization did not affect GDR but decreased insulin-stimulated FGU in both groups, but to a greater degree in ACI (from 53±8 to 12±5 μmol·min-1) than in PLA (from 52±8 to 38±13 μmol·min-1; P<0.05). In ACI only, fasting arterialised NEFA concentrations were elevated to 1.3±0.1 mmol·L-1 post-immobilization (P<0.05), and fasting forearm NEFA balance increased ~4-fold (P=0.10). Forearm phenylalanine net balance tended to decrease following immobilization (P<0.10), driven by increases in phenylalanine rates of appearance (from 32±5 (fasting) and 21±4 (clamp) pre-immobilization to 53±8 and 31±4 post-immobilization; P<0.05) while rates of disappearance were unaffected and no effects of acipimox observed. Altogether, we show disuse-induced insulin resistance is accompanied by early signs of negative net muscle amino acid balance, which is driven by accelerated muscle amino acid efflux. Acutely elevated NEFA availability worsened muscle insulin resistance without affecting muscle amino acid kinetics, suggesting that disuse-associated increased muscle NEFA uptake may contribute to inactivity-induced insulin resistance but does not represent an early mechanism causing anabolic resistance.
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- Marlou L. Dirks
- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
- Human and Animal Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Exeter, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
- Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
- Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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Non-invasive real-time monitoring of cell concentration and viability using Doppler ultrasound. SLAS Technol 2022; 27:368-375. [PMID: 36162650 DOI: 10.1016/j.slast.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Bioprocess optimization towards higher productivity and better quality control relies on real-time process monitoring tools to measure process and culture parameters. Cell concentration and viability are among the most important parameters to be monitored during bioreactor operations that are typically determined using optical methods on an extracted sample. In this paper, we have developed an online non-invasive sensor to measure cell concentration and viability based on Doppler ultrasound. An ultrasound transducer is mounted outside the bioreactor vessel and emits a high frequency tone burst (15 MHz) through the vessel wall. Acoustic backscatter from cells in the bioreactor depends on cell concentration and viability. The backscattered signal is collected through the same transducer and analyzed using multivariate data analysis (MVDA) to characterize and predict the cell culture properties. We have developed accurate MVDA models to predict the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell concentration in a broad range from 0.1 × 106 cells/mL to 100 × 106 cells/mL, and cell viability from 3% to 99%. The non-invasive monitoring is ideal for single use bioreactor and the in-situ measurements removes the burden for offline sampling and dilution steps. This method can be similarly applied to other suspension cell culture modalities.
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A Wind Tunnel Setup for Fluid-Structure Interaction Measurements Using Optical Methods. SENSORS 2022; 22:s22135014. [PMID: 35808509 PMCID: PMC9269804 DOI: 10.3390/s22135014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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The design of rotor blades is based on information about aerodynamic phenomena. An important one is fluid-structure interaction (FSI) which describes the interaction between a flexible object (rotor blade) and the surrounding fluid (wind). However, the acquisition of FSI is complex, and only a few practical concepts are known. This paper presents a measurement setup to acquire real information about the FSI of rotating wind turbines in wind tunnel experiments. The setup consists of two optical measurement systems to simultaneously record fluid (PIV system) and deformation (photogrammetry system) information in one global coordinate system. Techniques to combine both systems temporally and spatially are discussed in this paper. Furthermore, the successful application is shown by several experiments. Here, different wind conditions are applied. The experiments show that the new setup can acquire high-quality area-based information about fluid and deformation.
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Functional photoacoustic microscopy of hemodynamics: a review. Biomed Eng Lett 2022; 12:97-124. [PMID: 35529339 PMCID: PMC9046529 DOI: 10.1007/s13534-022-00220-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Functional blood imaging can reflect tissue metabolism and organ viability, which is important for life science and biomedical studies. However, conventional imaging modalities either cannot provide sufficient contrast or cannot support simultaneous multi-functional imaging for hemodynamics. Photoacoustic imaging, as a hybrid imaging modality, can provide sufficient optical contrast and high spatial resolution, making it a powerful tool for in vivo vascular imaging. By using the optical-acoustic confocal alignment, photoacoustic imaging can even provide subcellular insight, referred as optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM). Based on a multi-wavelength laser source and developed the calculation methods, OR-PAM can provide multi-functional hemodynamic microscopic imaging of the total hemoglobin concentration (CHb), oxygen saturation (sO2), blood flow (BF), partial oxygen pressure (pO2), oxygen extraction fraction, and metabolic rate of oxygen (MRO2). This concise review aims to systematically introduce the principles and methods to acquire various functional parameters for hemodynamics by photoacoustic microscopy in recent studies, with characteristics and advantages comparison, typical biomedical applications introduction, and future outlook discussion.
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Time-domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy (TD-DCS) for noninvasive, depth-dependent blood flow quantification in human tissue in vivo. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1817. [PMID: 33469124 PMCID: PMC7815740 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81448-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Monitoring of human tissue hemodynamics is invaluable in clinics as the proper blood flow regulates cellular-level metabolism. Time-domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy (TD-DCS) enables noninvasive blood flow measurements by analyzing temporal intensity fluctuations of the scattered light. With time-of-flight (TOF) resolution, TD-DCS should decompose the blood flow at different sample depths. For example, in the human head, it allows us to distinguish blood flows in the scalp, skull, or cortex. However, the tissues are typically polydisperse. So photons with a similar TOF can be scattered from structures that move at different speeds. Here, we introduce a novel approach that takes this problem into account and allows us to quantify the TOF-resolved blood flow of human tissue accurately. We apply this approach to monitor the blood flow index in the human forearm in vivo during the cuff occlusion challenge. We detect depth-dependent reactive hyperemia. Finally, we applied a controllable pressure to the human forehead in vivo to demonstrate that our approach can separate superficial from the deep blood flow. Our results can be beneficial for neuroimaging sensing applications that require short interoptode separation.
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Roberts TA, van Amerom JFP, Uus A, Lloyd DFA, van Poppel MPM, Price AN, Tournier JD, Mohanadass CA, Jackson LH, Malik SJ, Pushparajah K, Rutherford MA, Razavi R, Deprez M, Hajnal JV. Fetal whole heart blood flow imaging using 4D cine MRI. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4992. [PMID: 33020487 PMCID: PMC7536221 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18790-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Prenatal detection of congenital heart disease facilitates the opportunity for potentially life-saving care immediately after the baby is born. Echocardiography is routinely used for screening of morphological malformations, but functional measurements of blood flow are scarcely used in fetal echocardiography due to technical assumptions and issues of reliability. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is readily used for quantification of abnormal blood flow in adult hearts, however, existing in utero approaches are compromised by spontaneous fetal motion. Here, we present and validate a novel method of MRI velocity-encoding combined with a motion-robust reconstruction framework for four-dimensional visualization and quantification of blood flow in the human fetal heart and major vessels. We demonstrate simultaneous 4D visualization of the anatomy and circulation, which we use to quantify flow rates through various major vessels. The framework introduced here could enable new clinical opportunities for assessment of the fetal cardiovascular system in both health and disease.
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- Thomas A Roberts
- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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Stefopoulou M, Johnson J, Wilsgaard T, Lindgren P, Herling L, Kiserud T, Acharya G. Volume blood flow-based indices of fetal brain sparing in the second half of pregnancy: A longitudinal study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2020; 99:1717-1727. [PMID: 32776322 DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) and umbilicocerebral ratio (UCR) are clinically used as a measure of fetal brain sparing. These are calculated as the ratios between the pulsatility indices (PIs) of middle cerebral (MCA) and umbilical (UA) arteries, and are an indirect representation of the balance between cerebral and placental perfusion. Volume blood flow (Q)-based ratios, ie Q-CPR or Q-UCR, would directly reflect the distribution of fetal cardiac output to the placenta and brain. Thus, we aimed to determine the development pattern of Q-CPR and Q-UCR during the second half of pregnancy, construct reference intervals, and evaluate their association with CPR and UCR. MATERIAL AND METHODS In a longitudinal cohort study of low-risk pregnancies, the inner diameter of the fetal superior vena cava (SVC) and umbilical vein (UV) was measured and velocity waveforms were obtained from the MCA, UA, UV and SVC using ultrasound at approximately 4-weekly intervals from 20 to 41 weeks. The CPR was calculated as PIMCA /PIUA and the inverse ratio was the UCR. Cerebral and placental blood flows were estimated as the product of mean velocity and cross-sectional area of the SVC and UV, respectively. Q-CPR was calculated as QSVC /QUV and the inverse as the Q-UCR. Gestational age-specific reference intervals were calculated and associations between variables were tested using multilevel regression modeling. RESULTS Longitudinal reference intervals of Q-CPR and Q-UCR were established based on 471 paired measurements of QSVC and QUV obtained serially from 134 singleton pregnancies. The mean Q-CPR increased from 0.4 to 0.8 during the second half of pregnancy and Q-UCR declined from 2.5 to 1.3, while the CPR and UCR had U-shaped curves but in opposite directions. No significant correlation was found between CPR and Q-CPR (R = 0.10; P = .051), or UCR and Q-UCR (R = 0.09; P = .11), and the agreement between PI-based and Q-based indices of fetal brain sparing was poor. CONCLUSIONS Indices of fetal brain sparing based on placental and cerebral volume blood flow differ from those calculated from UA and MCA PIs. They correlated poorly with conventional CPR and UCR, indicating that they may provide additional/different physiological information. Reference values of Q-CPR and Q-UCR established here can be useful to investigate their clinical value further.
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- Maria Stefopoulou
- Department of Clinical Science, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Intervention & Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Center for Fetal Medicine Karolinska, University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Intervention & Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Center for Fetal Medicine Karolinska, University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Intervention & Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Center for Fetal Medicine Karolinska, University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Intervention & Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Center for Fetal Medicine Karolinska, University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Intervention & Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Center for Fetal Medicine Karolinska, University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Wall BT, Cruz AM, Otten B, Dunlop MV, Fulford J, Porter C, Abdelrahman DR, Stephens FB, Dirks ML. The Impact of Disuse and High-Fat Overfeeding on Forearm Muscle Amino Acid Metabolism in Humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020; 105:5821526. [PMID: 32303743 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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CONTEXT Anabolic resistance is mechanistically implicated in muscle disuse atrophy. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to assess whether anabolic resistance is associated with reduced postprandial amino acid uptake or exacerbated by excess lipid availability. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND INTERVENTIONS Twenty men underwent 7 days of forearm immobilization while consuming a eucaloric (CON; n = 11) or high-fat overfeeding (HFD; n = 9; 50% excess energy as fat) diet (parallel design) within our Nutritional Physiology Research Unit. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Preimmobilization and postimmobilization we measured forearm muscle cross-sectional area (aCSA), and postabsorptive and postprandial (3-hour postingestion of a liquid, protein-rich, mixed meal) forearm amino acid metabolism using the arterialized venous-deep venous balance method and infusions of L-[ring-2H5]phenylalanine and L-[1-13C]leucine. RESULTS Immobilization did not affect forearm muscle aCSA in either group, but tended to reduce postabsorptive phenylalanine (P = .07) and leucine (P = .05) net balances equivalently in CON and HFD. Mixed-meal ingestion switched phenylalanine and leucine net balances from negative to positive (P < .05), an effect blunted by immobilization (P < .05) and to a greater extent in HFD than CON (P < .05). Preimmobilization, meal ingestion increased leucine rates of disappearance (Rd; P < .05), with values peaking at 191% (from 87 ± 38 to 254 ± 60 µmol·min-1·100 mL forearm volume-1) and 183% (from 141 ± 24 to 339 ± 51 µmol·min-1·100 mL-1) above postabsorptive rates in CON and HFD, respectively, with meal-induced increases not evident postimmobilization in either group (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS Disuse impairs the ability of a protein-rich meal to promote positive muscle amino acid balance, which is aggravated by dietary lipid oversupply. Moreover, disuse reduced postprandial forearm amino acid uptake; however, this is not worsened under high-fat conditions.
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- Benjamin T Wall
- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
- Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch & Metabolism Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch & Metabolism Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, USA
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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Dirks ML, Wall BT, Otten B, Cruz AM, Dunlop MV, Barker AR, Stephens FB. High-fat Overfeeding Does Not Exacerbate Rapid Changes in Forearm Glucose and Fatty Acid Balance During Immobilization. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020; 105:5586896. [PMID: 31609422 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgz049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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CONTEXT Physical inactivity and high-fat overfeeding have been shown to independently induce insulin resistance. OBJECTIVE Establish the contribution of muscle disuse and lipid availability to the development of inactivity-induced insulin resistance. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND INTERVENTIONS 20 healthy males underwent 7 days of forearm cast immobilization combined with a fully controlled eucaloric diet (n = 10, age 23 ± 2 yr, body mass index [BMI] 23.8 ± 1.0 kg·m-2) or a high-fat diet (HFD) providing 50% excess energy from fat (high-fat diet, n = 10, age 23 ± 2 yr, BMI 22.4 ± 0.8 kg·m-2). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Prior to casting and following 2 and 7 days of immobilization, forearm glucose uptake (FGU) and nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) balance were assessed using the arterialized venous-deep venous (AV-V) forearm balance method following ingestion of a mixed macronutrient drink. RESULTS 7 days of HFD increased body weight by 0.9 ± 0.2 kg (P = 0.002), but did not alter fasting, arterialized whole-blood glucose and serum insulin concentrations or the associated homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance or Matsuda indices. Two and 7 days of forearm immobilization led to a 40 ± 7% and 52 ± 7% decrease in FGU, respectively (P < 0.001), with no difference between day 2 and 7 and no effect of HFD. Forearm NEFA balance tended to increase following 2 and 7 days of immobilization (P = 0.095). CONCLUSIONS Forearm immobilization leads to a rapid and substantial decrease in FGU, which is accompanied by an increase in forearm NEFA balance but is not exacerbated by excess dietary fat intake. Altogether, our data suggest that disuse-induced insulin resistance of glucose metabolism occurs as a physiological adaptation in response to the removal of muscle contraction.
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- Marlou L Dirks
- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
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Prokopiou PC, Pattinson KTS, Wise RG, Mitsis GD. Modeling of dynamic cerebrovascular reactivity to spontaneous and externally induced CO 2 fluctuations in the human brain using BOLD-fMRI. Neuroimage 2018; 186:533-548. [PMID: 30423427 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In this work, we investigate the regional characteristics of the dynamic interactions between arterial CO2 and BOLD (dynamic cerebrovascular reactivity - dCVR) during normal breathing and hypercapnic, externally induced step CO2 challenges. To obtain dCVR curves at each voxel, we use a custom set of basis functions based on the Laguerre and gamma basis sets. This allows us to obtain robust dCVR estimates both in larger regions of interest (ROIs), as well as in individual voxels. We also implement classification schemes to identify brain regions with similar dCVR characteristics. Our results reveal considerable variability of dCVR across different brain regions, as well as during different experimental conditions (normal breathing and hypercapnic challenges), suggesting a differential response of cerebral vasculature to spontaneous CO2 fluctuations and larger, externally induced CO2 changes that are possibly associated with the underlying differences in mean arterial CO2 levels. The clustering results suggest that anatomically distinct brain regions are characterized by different dCVR curves that in some cases do not exhibit the standard, positive valued curves that have been previously reported. They also reveal a consistent set of dCVR cluster shapes for resting and forcing conditions, which exhibit different distribution patterns across brain voxels.
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- Prokopis C Prokopiou
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institude, H3A 2B4, QC, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- CUBRIC, School of Psychology, University of Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, McGill Univesity, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C3, Canada; Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institude, H3A 2B4, QC, Canada.
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Kaddoura T, Au A, Kawchuk G, Uwiera R, Fox R, Zemp R. Non-invasive spinal vibration testing using ultrafast ultrasound imaging: A new way to measure spine function. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9611. [PMID: 29941980 PMCID: PMC6018395 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27816-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ultrafast ultrasound imaging is used to capture driven spinal vibrations as a new method for non-invasive spinal testing in living subjects. Previously, it has been shown that accelerometer-based vibration testing in cadaveric models can reveal the presence, location and magnitude of spinal pathology. However, this process remains an invasive procedure as current non-invasive sensors are inadequate. In this paper, the ability of non-invasive ultrafast ultrasound to quantify in vivo vertebral vibration response across a broad range of frequencies (10–100Hz) in anesthetized pig models is investigated. Close agreement with invasive accelerometer measurements is achieved using the non-invasive ultrasound method, opening up unique opportunities to investigate spinal pathologies.
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- Tarek Kaddoura
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, University of Alberta, Food and Nutritional Science, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Oglat AA, Suardi N, Matjafri MZ, Oqlat MA, Abdelrahman MA, Oqlat AA. A Review of Suspension-Scattered Particles Used in Blood-Mimicking Fluid for Doppler Ultrasound Imaging. J Med Ultrasound 2018; 26:68-76. [PMID: 30065522 PMCID: PMC6029209 DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_1_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Doppler ultrasound imaging system description and calibration need blood-mimicking fluids (BMFs) for the test target of medical ultrasound diagnostic tools, with known interior features and acoustic and physical properties of this fluid (BMF). Physical and acoustical properties determined in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard are specified as constant values, the materials used in the BMF preparation should have values similar to the IEC standard values. However, BMF is ready-made commercially from a field of medical usage, which may not be appropriate in the layout of ultrasound system or for an estimate of novel imaging mechanism. It is often eligible to have the capability to make sound properties and mimic blood arrangement for specific applications. In this review, sufficient BMF materials, liquids, and measures are described which have been generated by utilizing diverse operation mechanism and materials that have sculptured a range of biological systems.
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- Ammar A. Oglat
- Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, JUST, Irbid, Jordan
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Oglat AA, Matjafri MZ, Suardi N, Oqlat MA, Abdelrahman MA, Oqlat AA. A Review of Medical Doppler Ultrasonography of Blood Flow in General and Especially in Common Carotid Artery. J Med Ultrasound 2018; 26:3-13. [PMID: 30065507 PMCID: PMC6029191 DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_11_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Medical Doppler ultrasound is usually utilized in the clinical adjusting to evaluate and estimate blood flow in both the major (large) and the minor (tiny) vessels of the body. The normal and abnormal sign waveforms can be shown by spectral Doppler technique. The sign waveform is individual to each vessel. Thus, it is significant for the operator and the clinicians to understand the normal and abnormal diagnostic in a spectral Doppler show. The aim of this review is to explain the physical principles behind the medical Doppler ultrasound, also, to use some of the mathematical formulas utilized in the medical Doppler ultrasound examination. Furthermore, we discussed the color and spectral flow model of Doppler ultrasound. Finally, we explained spectral Doppler sign waveforms to show both the normal and abnormal signs waveforms that are individual to the common carotid artery, because these signs are important for both the radiologist and sonographer to perceive both the normal and abnormal in a spectral Doppler show.
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- Ammar A Oglat
- Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, JUST University, Irbid, Jordan
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Moonmanee T, Navanukraw C, Yama P, Jitjumnong J. Uterine artery flow velocity waveform, arterial flow indices, follicular dynamics, and sex hormones during preovulatory period in synchronized ovulatory cycle of Bos indicus beef cows. Reprod Biol 2018; 18:99-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2018.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mutch WAC, Ellis MJ, Ryner LN, McDonald PJ, Morissette MP, Pries P, Essig M, Mikulis DJ, Duffin J, Fisher JA. Patient-Specific Alterations in CO 2 Cerebrovascular Responsiveness in Acute and Sub-Acute Sports-Related Concussion. Front Neurol 2018; 9:23. [PMID: 29416525 PMCID: PMC5787575 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background Preliminary studies suggest that sports-related concussion (SRC) is associated with alterations in cerebral blood flow (CBF) regulation. Here, we use advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to measure CBF and cerebrovascular responsiveness (CVR) in individual SRC patients and healthy control subjects. Methods 15 SRC patients (mean age = 16.3, range 14–20 years) and 27 healthy control subjects (mean age = 17.6, range 13–21 years) underwent anatomical MRI, pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) MRI and model-based prospective end-tidal targeting (MPET) of CO2 during blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) MRI. Group differences in global mean resting CBF were examined. Voxel-by-voxel group and individual differences in regional CVR were examined using statistical parametric mapping (SPM). Leave-one-out receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to evaluate the utility of brain MRI CO2 stress testing biomarkers to correctly discriminate between SRC patients and healthy control subjects. Results All studies were tolerated with no complications. Traumatic structural findings were identified in one SRC patient. No significant group differences in global mean resting CBF were observed. There were no significant differences in the CO2 stimulus and O2 targeting during BOLD MRI. Significant group and patient-specific differences in CVR were observed with SRC patients demonstrating a predominant pattern of increased CVR. Leave-one-out ROC analysis for voxels demonstrating a significant increase in CVR was found to reliably discriminate between SRC patients and healthy control subjects (AUC of 0.879, p = 0.0001). The optimal cutoff for increased CVR declarative for SRC was 1,899 voxels resulting in a sensitivity of 0.867 and a specificity of 0.778 for this specific ROC analysis. There was no correlation between abnormal voxel counts and Postconcussion Symptom Scale scores among SRC patients. Conclusion Acute and subacute SRCs are associated with alterations in CVR that can be reliably detected by brain MRI CO2 stress testing in individual patients.
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- W Alan C Mutch
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Canada North Concussion Network, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Canada North Concussion Network, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Department of Surgery and Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Section of Neurosurgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Pan Am Concussion Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Childrens Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Canada North Concussion Network, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Department of Radiology Diagnostic Imaging, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Canada North Concussion Network, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Division of Neurosurgery, BC Children's Hospital, National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Canada North Concussion Network, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Pan Am Concussion Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Department of Radiology Diagnostic Imaging, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,University Health Network Cerebrovascular Reactivity Research Group, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,University Health Network Cerebrovascular Reactivity Research Group, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,University Health Network Cerebrovascular Reactivity Research Group, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Urback AL, MacIntosh BJ, Goldstein BI. Cerebrovascular reactivity measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging during breath-hold challenge: A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 79:27-47. [PMID: 28487157 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) is the cerebral hemodynamic response to a vasoactive substance. Breath-hold (BH) induced CVR has the advantage of being non-invasive and easy to implement during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We systematically reviewed the literature regarding MRI measurement of BH induced CVR. The literature was searched using MEDLINE with the search terms breath-hold; and MRI or cerebrovascular reactivity. The search yielded 2244 results and 54 articles were included. Between-group comparisons have found that CVR was higher among healthy controls than patients with various pathologies (e.g. sleep apnea, diabetes, hypertension etc.). However, counter-intuitive findings have also been reported, including higher CVR among smokers, sedentary individuals, and patients with schizophrenia vs. CONTROLS Methodological studies have highlighted important measurement characteristics (e.g. normalizing signal to end-tidal CO2), and comparisons of BH induced CVR to non-BH methods. Future studies are warranted to address questions about group differences, treatment response, disease progression, and other salient clinical themes. Standardization of CVR and BH designs is needed to fully exploit the potential of this practical non-invasive method.
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- Adam L Urback
- Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 2075 Bayview Ave., FG-53, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada; Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Medicine, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada.
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- University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, 101 College Street Suite 15-701, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada; Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave., Room M6 180, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
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- Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 2075 Bayview Ave., FG-53, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada; Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Medicine, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Medicine,250 College Street, Room 835, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.
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Correia M, Provost J, Tanter M, Pernot M. 4D ultrafast ultrasound flow imaging:in vivoquantification of arterial volumetric flow rate in a single heartbeat. Phys Med Biol 2016; 61:L48-L61. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/23/l48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Henrique Rossi F, Puech-Leão P, Mitsuro Izukawa N, Pontes Junior SC, Massamitsu Kambara A, Mattos Barreto RB, Hassan Saleh M, Gomes Ferreira Petisco AC, Vasconcelos Oliveira LA. Color-Flow Duplex Hemodynamic Assessment of Runoff in Ischemic Lower Limb Revascularization. Vascular 2016; 14:149-55. [PMID: 16956487 DOI: 10.2310/6670.2006.00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the existence of hemodynamic arterial flow correlation between preoperative duplex scanning (DS) and intraoperative direct outflow resistance (IDOR) measurements in ischemic lower limb revascularization. Sixty-eight ischemic lower limbs were submitted to preoperative DS. Anatomic and hemodynamic arterial characteristics of the outflow system were recorded, and the results were considered in the distal anastomosis placement site decision making. IDOR measurements were obtained at the same arterial segment, and Pearson's correlation coefficient test was performed to study the preoperative DS power in predicting the intraoperative outflow resistance. DS was technically satisfactory and helped define the distal anastomosis site in 93.2% of the cases (supragenicular popliteal artery, 19 [27.9%]; infragenicular popliteal artery, 10 [14.7%]; crural artery, 31 [57.4%]). A positive correlation could be found between preoperative DS and IDOR (0.450; p < .001). This correlation was particularly powerful in the crural artery (0.715; p < .001) when compared with the popliteal arterial segment (0.237; p = .192). Preoperative DS may help define the best distal arterial and outflow segment to be revascularized based on anatomic and hemodynamic parameters. There is a positive flow correlation between preoperative DS and IDOR that seems to be stronger in crural revascularization surgery.
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- Fabio Henrique Rossi
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Dante Pazzanese Cardiovascular Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Shannon CE, Nixon AV, Greenhaff PL, Stephens FB. Protein ingestion acutely inhibits insulin-stimulated muscle carnitine uptake in healthy young men. Am J Clin Nutr 2016; 103:276-82. [PMID: 26675771 PMCID: PMC4756606 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.119826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Increasing skeletal muscle carnitine content represents an appealing intervention in conditions of perturbed lipid metabolism such as obesity and type 2 diabetes but requires chronic L-carnitine feeding on a daily basis in a high-carbohydrate beverage. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether whey protein ingestion could reduce the carbohydrate load required to stimulate insulin-mediated muscle carnitine accretion. DESIGN Seven healthy men [mean ± SD age: 24 ± 5 y; body mass index (in kg/m(2)): 23 ± 3] ingested 80 g carbohydrate, 40 g carbohydrate + 40 g protein, or control (flavored water) beverages 60 min after the ingestion of 4.5 g L-carnitine tartrate (3 g L-carnitine; 0.1% (2)[H]3-L-carnitine). Serum insulin concentration, net forearm carnitine balance (NCB; arterialized-venous and venous plasma carnitine difference × brachial artery flow), and carnitine disappearance (Rd) and appearance (Ra) rates were determined at 20-min intervals for 180 min. RESULTS Serum insulin and plasma flow areas under the curve (AUCs) were similarly elevated by carbohydrate [4.5 ± 0.8 U/L · min (P < 0.01) and 0.5 ± 0.6 L (P < 0.05), respectively] and carbohydrate+protein [3.8 ± 0.6 U/L · min (P < 0.01) and 0.4 ± 0.6 L (P = 0.05), respectively] consumption, respectively, compared with the control visit (0.04 ± 0.1 U/L · min and -0.5 ± 0.2 L). Plasma carnitine AUC was greater after carbohydrate+protein consumption (3.5 ± 0.5 mmol/L · min) than after control and carbohydrate visits [2.1 ± 0.2 mmol/L · min (P < 0.05) and 1.9 ± 0.3 mmol/L · min (P < 0.01), respectively]. NCB AUC with carbohydrate (4.1 ± 3.1 μmol) was greater than during control and carbohydrate-protein visits (-8.6 ± 3.0 and -14.6 ± 6.4 μmol, respectively; P < 0.05), as was Rd AUC after carbohydrate (35.7 ± 25.2 μmol) compared with control and carbohydrate consumption [19.7 ± 15.5 μmol (P = 0.07) and 14.8 ± 9.6 μmol (P < 0.05), respectively]. CONCLUSIONS The insulin-mediated increase in forearm carnitine balance with carbohydrate consumption was acutely blunted by a carbohydrate+protein beverage, which suggests that carbohydrate+protein could inhibit chronic muscle carnitine accumulation.
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- Chris E Shannon
- Medical Research Council/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Fierstra J, Sobczyk O, Battisti-Charbonney A, Mandell DM, Poublanc J, Crawley AP, Mikulis DJ, Duffin J, Fisher JA. Measuring cerebrovascular reactivity: what stimulus to use? J Physiol 2013; 591:5809-21. [PMID: 24081155 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.259150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cerebrovascular reactivity is the change in cerebral blood flow in response to a vasodilatory or vasoconstrictive stimulus. Measuring variations of cerebrovascular reactivity between different regions of the brain has the potential to not only advance understanding of how the cerebral vasculature controls the distribution of blood flow but also to detect cerebrovascular pathophysiology. While there are standardized and repeatable methods for estimating the changes in cerebral blood flow in response to a vasoactive stimulus, the same cannot be said for the stimulus itself. Indeed, the wide variety of vasoactive challenges currently employed in these studies impedes comparisons between them. This review therefore critically examines the vasoactive stimuli in current use for their ability to provide a standard repeatable challenge and for the practicality of their implementation. Such challenges include induced reductions in systemic blood pressure, and the administration of vasoactive substances such as acetazolamide and carbon dioxide. We conclude that many of the stimuli in current use do not provide a standard stimulus comparable between individuals and in the same individual over time. We suggest that carbon dioxide is the most suitable vasoactive stimulus. We describe recently developed computer-controlled MRI compatible gas delivery systems which are capable of administering reliable and repeatable vasoactive CO2 stimuli.
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- J Fierstra
- J. Duffin: Department of Physiology, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8.
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Liu J, Zhu YS, Khan MA, Brunk E, Martin-Cook K, Weiner MF, Cullum CM, Lu H, Levine BD, Diaz-Arrastia R, Zhang R. Global brain hypoperfusion and oxygenation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Dement 2013; 10:162-70. [PMID: 23871763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.04.507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND To determine if global brain hypoperfusion and oxygen hypometabolism occur in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). METHODS Thirty-two aMCI and 21 normal subjects participated. Total cerebral blood flow (TCBF), cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2), and brain tissue volume were measured using color-coded duplex ultrasonography (CDUS), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and MRI. TCBF was normalized by total brain tissue volume (TBV) for group comparisons (nTCBF). Cerebrovascular resistance (CVR) was calculated as mean arterial pressure divided by TCBF. RESULTS Reductions in nTCBF by 9%, CMRO2 by 11%, and an increase in CVR by 13% were observed in aMCI relative to normal subjects. No group differences in TBV were observed. nTCBF was correlated with CMRO2 in normal controls, but not in aMCI. CONCLUSIONS Global brain hypoperfusion, oxygen hypometabolism, and neurovascular decoupling observed in aMCI suggest that changes in cerebral hemodynamics occur early at a prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease, which can be assessed using low-cost and bedside-available CDUS and NIRS technology.
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- Jie Liu
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics and the Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics and the Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics and the Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics and the Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Mynard JP, Steinman DA. Effect of velocity profile skewing on blood velocity and volume flow waveforms derived from maximum Doppler spectral velocity. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2013; 39:870-881. [PMID: 23453373 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Given evidence that fully developed axisymmetric flow may be the exception rather than the rule, even in nominally straight arteries, maximum velocity (V(max)) can lie outside the Doppler sample volume (SV). The link between V(max) and derived quantities, such as volume flow (Q), may therefore be more complex than commonly thought. We performed idealized virtual Doppler ultrasound on data from image-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of the normal human carotid artery and investigated how velocity profile skewing and choice of sample volume affected V(max) waveforms and derived Q variables, considering common assumptions about velocity profile shape (i.e., Poiseuille or Womersley). Severe velocity profile skewing caused substantial errors in V(max) waveforms when using a small, centered SV, although peak V(max) was reliably detected; errors with a long SV covering the vessel diameter were orientation dependent but lower overall. Cycle-averaged Q calculated from V(max) was typically within ±15%, although substantial skewing and use of a small SV caused 10%-25% underestimation. Peak Q derived from Womersley's theory was generally accurate to within ±10%. V(max) pulsatility and resistance indexes differed from Q-based values, although the Q-based resistance index could be predicted reliably. Skewing introduced significant error into V(max)-derived Q waveforms, particularly during mid-to-late systole. Our findings suggest that errors in the V(max) and Q waveforms related to velocity profile skewing and use of a small SV, or orientation-dependent errors for a long SV, could limit their use in wave analysis or for constructing characteristic or patient-specific flow boundary conditions for model studies.
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- Jonathan P Mynard
- Biomedical Simulation Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada
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Leinan PR, Kiserud T, Hellevik LR. Human Ductus Venosus Velocity Profiles in the First Trimester. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2013; 4:257-266. [DOI: 10.1007/s13239-013-0133-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Villar R, Hughson RL. Repeatability of popliteal blood flow and lower limb vascular conductance at rest and exercise during body tilt using Doppler ultrasound. Physiol Meas 2013; 34:291-306. [PMID: 23399803 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/34/3/291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We tested the data repeatability for popliteal blood flow velocity (PBV), popliteal arterial diameter (AD(pop)), popliteal blood flow (PBF) and lower limb vascular conductance (VC) at rest and exercise in three body positions, two work rates and two inspired oxygen fractions. Fifteen, eleven and ten healthy volunteers participated in the three phases of the studies. Resting protocols were performed in horizontal (HOR), 35° head-down tilt (HDT) and 45° head-up tilt (HUT) for 5 min in each body position. Participants also exercised at lower and higher power outputs (repeated plantar flexion contractions at 20% and 30% maximal voluntary contraction, respectively) in HOR, HDT and HUT and in normoxia (21%O2) and hypoxia (14%O2) with the same work rates and body positions. PBV and AD(pop) were measured by ultrasound to determine PBF, and VC was estimated by dividing PBF by muscle perfusion pressure (MPP). PBV, AD(pop), PBF and VC were not different, demonstrated good agreement and consistency between the two days of testing during both rest and exercise conditions regardless of body position. Therefore, these data support the utilization of Doppler and echo Doppler ultrasound as a reproducible method to measure PBV and AD(pop) and consequently estimate PBF and VC responses in such conditions.
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- R Villar
- Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada
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Leinan PR, Degroote J, Kiserud T, Skallerud B, Vierendeels J, Hellevik LR. Velocity profiles in the human ductus venosus: a numerical fluid structure interaction study. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2013; 12:1019-35. [PMID: 23277410 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0460-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The veins distributing oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetal body have been given much attention in clinical Doppler velocimetry studies, in particular the ductus venosus. The ductus venosus is embedded in the left liver lobe and connects the intra-abdominal portion of the umbilical vein (IUV) directly to the inferior vena cava, such that oxygenated blood can bypass the liver and flow directly to the fetal heart. In the current work, we have developed a mathematical model to assist the clinical assessment of volumetric flow rate at the inlet of the ductus venosus. With a robust estimate of the velocity profile shape coefficient (VC), the volumetric flow rate may be estimated as the product of the time-averaged cross-sectional area, the time-averaged cross-sectional maximum velocity and the VC. The time average quantities may be obtained from Doppler ultrasound measurements, whereas the VC may be estimated from numerical simulations. The mathematical model employs a 3D fluid structure interaction model of the bifurcation formed by the IUV, the ductus venosus and the left portal vein. Furthermore, the amniotic portion of the umbilical vein, the right liver lobe and the inferior vena cava were incorporated as lumped model boundary conditions for the fluid structure interaction model. A hyperelastic material is used to model the structural response of the vessel walls, based on recently available experimental data for the human IUV and ductus venous. A parametric study was constructed to investigate the VC at the ductus venosus inlet, based on a reference case for a human fetus at 36 weeks of gestation. The VC was found to be [Formula: see text] (Mean [Formula: see text] SD of parametric case study), which confirms previous studies in the literature on the VC at the ductus venosus inlet. Additionally, CFD simulations with rigid walls were performed on a subsection of the parametric case study, and only minor changes in the predicted VCs were observed compared to the FSI cases. In conclusion, the presented mathematical model is a promising tool for the assessment of ductus venosus Doppler velocimetry.
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- Paul R Leinan
- Biomechanics Division, Department of Structural Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway,
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Spano VR, Mandell DM, Poublanc J, Sam K, Battisti-Charbonney A, Pucci O, Han JS, Crawley AP, Fisher JA, Mikulis DJ. CO2 blood oxygen level-dependent MR mapping of cerebrovascular reserve in a clinical population: safety, tolerability, and technical feasibility. Radiology 2012. [PMID: 23204541 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the safety, tolerability, and technical feasibility of mapping cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in a clinical population by using a precise prospectively targeted CO(2) stimulus and blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS A chart review was performed of all CVR studies from institutional review board-approved projects at a tertiary care hospital between January 1, 2006, and December 1, 2010. Informed consent was obtained. Records were searched for the incidence of adverse events and failed examinations. CVR maps were evaluated for diagnostic quality by two blinded observers and were categorized as good, diagnostic but suboptimal, or nondiagnostic. Outcomes were presented as raw data and descriptive statistics (means ± standard deviations). Intraclass correlation coefficient was used to determine interobserver variability. RESULTS Four hundred thirty-four consecutive CVR examinations from 294 patients (51.8% female patients) were studied. Patient age ranged from 9 to 88 years (mean age, 45.9 years ± 20.6). Transient symptoms, such as shortness of breath, headache, and dizziness, were reported in 48 subjects (11.1% of studies) during hypercapnic phases only. There were no neurologic ischemic events, myocardial infarctions, or other major complications. The success rate in generating CVR maps was 83.9% (364 of 434). Of the 70 (16.1%) failed examinations, 25 (35.7%) were due to discomfort; eight (11.4%), to head motion; two (2.9%), to inability to cooperate; seven (10.0%), to technical difficulties with equipment; and 28 (40.0%), to unknown or unspecified conditions. Among the 364 remaining successful examinations, good quality CVR maps were obtained in 340 (93.4%); diagnostic but suboptimal, in 12 (3.3%); and nondiagnostic, in 12 (3.3%). CONCLUSION CVR mapping by using a prospectively targeted CO(2) stimulus and BOLD MR imaging is safe, well tolerated, and technically feasible in a clinical patient population.
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- Vincent R Spano
- Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst St, 3MC-431, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 2S8
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Geddes DT, Aljazaf KM, Kent JC, Prime DK, Spatz DL, Garbin CP, Lai CT, Hartmann PE. Blood flow characteristics of the human lactating breast. J Hum Lact 2012; 28:145-52. [PMID: 22526342 DOI: 10.1177/0890334411435414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the increased metabolic activity of the lactating breast, no studies have been carried out to determine mammary blood flow (MBF) parameters or the relationship between MBF and milk production in women. The aim of this study was to measure the MBF in the internal mammary artery (IMA) and lateral thoracic artery (LTA) of lactating women and determine if these were related to milk production. METHODS Blood flow in the IMA and LTA was measured with color Doppler ultrasound in 55 lactating women. Twenty-four-hour milk production was determined with the test-weigh method. RESULTS IMA contributed the greater proportion of blood flow to the lactating breast (70%). MBF was highly variable between women but consistent between the left (126 L/24 h; interquartile range, 76-169) and right (110 L/24 h) breasts. No relationship between MBF and milk production was demonstrated. For 3 women, MBF was markedly reduced in 1 breast that was synthesizing almost no milk compared to the other that was producing a normal volume of milk. DISCUSSION Although no relationship between MBF and milk production was found, the substantial reduction in blood flow in the breasts of lactating women producing almost no milk suggests a threshold below which milk production is compromised. CONCLUSION Doppler ultrasound did not demonstrate a relationship between MBF and milk production in lactating women. Further investigation is required to fully understand the role of blood flow in milk synthesis.
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- Donna T Geddes
- Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia.
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Jiang J, Strother C, Johnson K, Baker S, Consigny D, Wieben O, Zagzebski J. Comparison of blood velocity measurements between ultrasound Doppler and accelerated phase-contrast MR angiography in small arteries with disturbed flow. Phys Med Biol 2011; 56:1755-73. [PMID: 21346280 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/6/015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ultrasound Doppler (UD) velocity measurements are commonly used to quantify blood flow velocities in vivo. The aim of our work was to investigate the accuracy of in vivo spectral Doppler measurements of velocity waveforms. Waveforms were derived from spectral Doppler signals and corrected for intrinsic spectral broadening errors by applying a previously published algorithm. The method was tested in a canine aneurysm model by determining velocities in small arteries (3-4 mm diameter) near the aneurysm where there was moderately disturbed flow. Doppler results were compared to velocity measurements in the same arteries acquired with a rapid volumetric phase contrast MR angiography technique named phase contrast vastly undersampled isotropic projection reconstruction magnetic resonance angiography (PC-VIPR MRA). After correcting for intrinsic spectral broadening, there was a high degree of correlation between velocities obtained by the real-time UD and the accelerated PC-MRA technique. The peak systolic velocity yielded a linear correlation coefficient of r = 0.83, end diastolic velocity resulted in r = 0.81, and temporally averaged mean velocity resulted in r = 0.76. The overall velocity waveforms obtained by the two techniques were also highly correlated (r = 0.89 ± 0.06). There were, however, only weak correlations for the pulsatility index (PI: 0.25) and resistive index (RI: 0.14) derived from the two techniques. Results demonstrate that to avoid overestimations of peak systolic velocities, the results for UD must be carefully corrected to compensate for errors caused by intrinsic spectral broadening.
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- Jingfeng Jiang
- Medical Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, WI, USA.
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Hoyt K, Hester FA, Bell RL, Lockhart ME, Robbin ML. Accuracy of volumetric flow rate measurements: an in vitro study using modern ultrasound scanners. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2009; 28:1511-8. [PMID: 19854966 PMCID: PMC3415042 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.11.1511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Volumetric flow measurement with Doppler ultrasound is useful in assessing blood flow as part of an evaluation of arteriovenous fistula maturity in patients undergoing hemodialysis. In this study, we assessed both accuracy and variability in volumetric flow measurements obtained using modern and commercially available ultrasound systems and an in vitro experimental setup. METHODS Volumetric flow measurements using duplex ultrasound were obtained by 3 users operating 5 different systems for randomized flow in the range of 100 to 1000 mL/min. Users performed 3 consecutive measurements at a given flow rate. Data were analyzed using statistical techniques to assess measurement accuracy and variability. RESULTS Over the span of flow rates studied, the root mean square error (RMSE) for the 5 ultrasound systems ranged from 38.8 to 79.7, 36.8 to 52.0, 73.0 to 85.3, 26.7 to 44.6, and 43.9 to 93.5 mL/min. Corresponding average RMSE values were 60.3, 42.7, 81.1, 37.2, and 64.4 mL/min, respectively. A linear regression analysis of mean interobserver measurements revealed an excellent correlation for all ultrasound systems (r(2) > 99.1%). Assessment of intraobserver measurements revealed no statistically significant differences for any ultrasound system evaluated (P > .94). Comparison of interobserver measurements indicates no statistically significant differences between any of the 5 systems (P > .14). CONCLUSIONS Modern ultrasound systems are reasonably accurate in blood flow measurement in an experimental setup mimicking clinically relevant blood flow ranges in a hemodialysis fistula. Users need adequate training and experience to perform multiple measurements and use appropriate techniques to minimize errors in flow measurement.
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- Kenneth Hoyt
- Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Volker Hall G082, 1670 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Mitchell J. Doppler insonation of vertebral artery blood flow changes associated with cervical spine rotation: Implications for manual therapists. Physiother Theory Pract 2009; 23:303-13. [DOI: 10.1080/09593980701593771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mitchell J, Kramschuster K. Atypical suboccipital vertebral artery blood flow in healthy subjects: case studies using real-time ultrasound. Physiother Theory Pract 2009; 25:228-40. [PMID: 19384741 DOI: 10.1080/09593980902776647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Manual therapists and other professionals are using real-time ultrasound increasingly to visualize vessels and determine their diameter and blood flow. Four case studies are presented to show atypical ultrasound profiles of the suboccipital vertebral artery (VA3) in healthy, young individuals. VA3 diameters and blood flow velocities were measured with the subjects sitting, and the cervical spine in the neutral position then with active, full-range rotation to the left and right. None of the subjects reported any signs or symptoms of vertebrobasilar ischemia (VBI) during the measurement procedure, despite an absence of typical VA3 ultrasound profiles on one side in two of the individuals and a decreased unilateral VA3 blood flow in the other two subjects. Possible reasons for the atypical findings are proposed. Anatomical variations of VA3 and conditions such as obesity may give rise to atypical real-time ultrasound measurements of VA3 blood flow, particularly when associated with cervical spine rotation. The possibility of altered VA3 blood flow because of such factors, which may give rise to false-positive or false-negative findings in the standard VBI test, should be considered by manual therapists in pretreatment assessments and treatment programs in professional practice.
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- Jeanette Mitchell
- Department of Zoology and Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
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Pennati G, Socci L, Rigano S, Boito S, Ferrazzi E. Computational patient-specific models based on 3-D ultrasound data to quantify uterine arterial flow during pregnancy. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2008; 27:1715-1722. [PMID: 19033087 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2008.924642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Information on uterine blood flow rate during pregnancy would widely improve our knowledge on feto-placental patho-physiology. Ultrasonographic flow rate evaluation requires the knowledge of the spatial velocity profiles throughout the investigated vessel; these data may be obtained from hemodynamic simulations with accurate computational models. Recently, computational models of superficial vessels have been created using 3-D ultrasound data; unfortunately, common reconstruction methods are unsuitable for the uterine arteries due to the low quality achievable of imaged deep vessels. In this paper a simplified spline-based technique was applied to create computational models for patient-specific simulations of uterine arterial heamodynamics. Moreover, a novel method to quantify the uterine flow rates was developed based on echo-Doppler measurements and computational data. Preliminary results obtained for four patients indicated a quite narrow range for the blood flow rate through the main uterine artery with large variability in the flow split between corporal and cervical branches. Furthermore, parabolic-like velocity profiles were obtained in the branching region of the different patients, suggesting a clinical use of averaged, not patient-specific, spatial velocity distribution coefficients for the blood flow rate calculation. The developed reconstruction method based on 3-D ultrasound imaging is efficient for creating realistic custom models of the uterine arteries. The results of the fluid dynamic simulations allowed us to quantify the uterine arterial flow and its repartition in normal pregnancies.
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- Giancarlo Pennati
- Laboratory of Biological Structures, Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Siemer J, Binder H, Willeke C, Dorn C, Reinsberg J, Fimmers R, van der Ven H, Schild RL. Three-dimensional power Doppler sonography of the (sub)endometrium and angiogenic cytokine concentrations. Reprod Biomed Online 2008; 17:249-58. [PMID: 18682000 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60202-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between three-dimensional power Doppler sonography (3D-PDS) of the (sub)endometrium and concentrations of angiogenic cytokines in patients attending an IVF programme. A total of 42 patients was included in a prospective, non-randomized clinical study. 3D-PDS of the (sub)endometrium was performed on the day of oocyte aspiration, with and without contrast agent. Quantitative assessment included the following 3D Doppler parameters: vascularization index, flow intensity, and vascularization flow index. On the same day, concentrations of oestradiol (serum only), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF) 1, IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) and leptin were determined in the serum and in the follicular fluid. All 3D-PDS indices were significantly higher with contrast enhancement (P < 0.05). Follicular fluid concentrations of VEGF and IGFBP-3, as well as serum concentrations of leptin, showed significant P-values when correlated with (sub)endometrial Doppler indices. A weak linear dependency appeared between flow intensity and VEGF and leptin. Furthermore, weak dependencies were apparent between 3D Doppler parameters and high follicular fluid concentrations of VEGF and IGFBP-3. It is concluded that there is only little evidence for an association between (sub)endometrial Doppler indices as assessed by 3D-PDS and concentrations of angiogenic cytokines.
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- J Siemer
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mannheim University Hospital, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
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Raine-Fenning N. Doppler assessment of uterine artery blood flow for the prediction of pregnancy after assisted reproduction treatment. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2008; 31:371-375. [PMID: 18383481 DOI: 10.1002/uog.5321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- N Raine-Fenning
- Academic Division of Reproductive Medicine, University of Nottingham, NURTURE, B Floor, East Block, Queens Medical Centre, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2UH, UK.
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Shinoura N, Takahashi M, Yamada R. Accurate characterization of the main trunk of the anterior cerebral artery by means of intraoperative sononavigation with Doppler sonography: implications for brain tumor surgery. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2005; 24:1527-32. [PMID: 16239656 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.11.1527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Doppler sonography can be used for real-time intraoperative localization of arteries within or near brain tumors but is less useful for distinguishing between arteries with similar diameters, such as the main trunk and branches of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA). By contrast, sononavigation provides real-time information in alignment with magnetic resonance imaging scans and may be of use in characterizing the identity of individual arteries on Doppler sonographic images. The goal of this study was to determine whether sononavigation can distinguish the main trunk of the ACA from the branches of the ACA on Doppler sonographic images. METHODS Doppler sonography was used in 3 patients undergoing surgical resection of brain tumors involving the main trunk of the ACA. The location of the main trunk of the ACA was characterized by sononavigation. RESULTS With these data, tumor resection was performed with preservation of the main trunk of the ACA. Gross total resection was achieved in 1 case. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative sononavigation with Doppler sonography accurately localized the main trunk of the ACA and enabled preservation of this structure during tumor resection. This method may be applicable to the characterization of other critical arteries and may allow tumor resection with decreased morbidity.
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- Nobusada Shinoura
- Department of Neurosurgery, Komagome Metropolitan Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan.
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Schöning M, Scheel P, Holzer M, Fretschner R, Will BE. Volume Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow: Assessment of Cerebral Circulatory Arrest. Transplantation 2005; 80:326-31. [PMID: 16082327 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000167994.78078.e6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cerebral blood flow (CBF) volume can be measured at bedside by color duplex flowmetry of the extracranial cerebral arteries. In neurointensive care patients, we prospectively tested the hypothesis that a CBF volume <100 ml/min indicates imminent cerebral circulatory arrest. METHODS CBF volume was determined as sum of flow volumes in the internal carotid and vertebral arteries of both sides. In 192 neurointensive care patients, 829 measurements were taken. When CBF volume fell short of 100 ml/min, common carotid and external carotid artery flow volumes were also measured, and transcranial color-coded duplex sonography (TCCD) of basal cerebral arteries was performed. Results were compared with actual clinical conditions, outcome, and previously published reference data. RESULTS All 41 patients with CBF volume <100 ml/min (range, 0-89 ml/min) were officially declared brain dead 2-126 hours after the measurement (median, 23 hours). TCCD revealed signs of cerebral circulatory arrest in all patients with a patent acoustic bone window. External carotid artery flow volumes were normal. The lowest CBF volume rate recorded in a surviving patient was 208 ml/min. CONCLUSIONS Early confirmation of cerebral circulatory arrest is of decisive importance if the patient is a potential organ donor. CBF volume measurement allows confirming the arrest of cerebral circulation even in patients without a patent acoustic bone window for TCCD. Because the critical lower threshold for survival appears to lie at 200 ml/min, bedside monitoring of CBF volume in neurointensive care patients may indicate a therapeutic window before irreversible circulatory arrest occurs.
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- Martin Schöning
- Department of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Pennati G, Bellotti M, De Gasperi C, Rognoni G. Spatial velocity profile changes along the cord in normal human fetuses: can these affect Doppler measurements of venous umbilical blood flow? ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2004; 23:131-137. [PMID: 14770391 DOI: 10.1002/uog.938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Several studies have assumed a parabolic velocity profile through the umbilical vein (UV) to derive the mean spatial velocity that is indispensable for flow rate calculations. However, the structure and arrangement of the umbilical cord suggest that velocity profiles may vary. The aim of this study was to evaluate UV spatial flow velocity profiles at different sites along the umbilical cord. METHODS Ten singleton pregnancies with a gestational age between 26 and 34 weeks were included in the study. Ultrasound equipment with an inbuilt function for analysis of the spatial velocity profile along a line located in a fixed plane was used to obtain UV velocity profiles. Velocity profiles were obtained at the placental insertion and in a free intra-amniotic loop of the cord. Two-dimensional (2D) velocity distribution coefficients were evaluated as ratios between mean and maximum velocities along the investigated lines. RESULTS 2D velocity distribution coefficients at the placental insertion (0.85 +/- 0.03) were significantly higher (P < 0.00001) than those obtained from a free loop of cord (0.76 +/- 0.03). Values indicated that velocity profiles are approximately flat at the placental insertion and become more parabolic moving downstream. Moreover, profiles become skewed in association with cord curvature and show peculiar biphasic shapes immediately downstream from the placenta. CONCLUSIONS Flow velocity profiles in the UV are not perfectly parabolic and modify along the cord. These characteristics may affect the evaluation of UV blood flow rate.
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- G Pennati
- Laboratory of Mechanics of Biological Structures, Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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Soustiel JF, Levy E, Zaaroor M, Bibi R, Lukaschuk S, Manor D. A new angle-independent Doppler ultrasonic device for assessment of blood flow volume in the extracranial internal carotid artery. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2002; 21:1405-1412. [PMID: 12494983 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.12.1405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate a new angle-independent ultrasonic device for assessment of blood flow volume in the internal carotid artery. METHODS In vitro, a pulsatile pump was set to provide an outflow of physiological fluid at 500 mL/min through an 8-mm-diameter tube. Flow volume rates were measured 10 times by 10 different operators and compared with time-collected flow volume rates. In vivo, internal and common carotid artery blood flow volumes were measured in 28 volunteers by 2 operators using a FlowGuard device (Biosonix Ltd). Internal and common carotid artery diameters and blood flow volumes were also assessed by Duplex sonography and compared with FlowGuard measurements. In 10 volunteers, internal carotid artery blood flow volume changes in response to monitored breath manipulations were recorded. RESULTS In vitro, intraoperator variability was 4.04% (range, 2%-5.7%). The mean error rate +/- SD was 3.54% +/- 0.8% (range, 2.7%-5.2%). In vivo, the mean common carotid artery blood flow volume was 456 +/- 39 mL/min (range, 417-583 mL/min) with a mean diameter of 6.7 +/- 0.7 mm (range, 5.8-8.7 mm). The mean internal carotid artery blood flow volume was 277 +/- 25 mL/min (range, 239-338 mL/min) with a mean diameter of 5 +/- 0.5 mm (range, 4.1-6.1 mm). No significant difference was found between operators. Internal carotid artery diameter and blood flow volume measured by the FlowGuard were closely correlated with the results of Duplex sonography. Repeated shifts of end-tidal CO2 induced reproducible changes in internal carotid artery flow volume: 187.5 +/- 18.1 mL/min at 26.8 +/- 1.9 mm Hg and 382.1 +/- 18.2 mL/min at 47 +/- 2.2 mm Hg. CONCLUSIONS The FlowGuard showed that volume flow studies in the internal carotid artery could be easily performed, with results compatible with those of previous clinical reports. Duplex comparative results and breath-induced changes in internal carotid artery flow volume justify further evaluation of the system.
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- Jean F Soustiel
- Department of Neurosurgery, Rambam (Maimonides) Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Doherty DA, James IR, Newnham JP. Estimation of the Doppler ultrasound maximal umbilical waveform envelope: I. Estimation method. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2002; 28:1251-1259. [PMID: 12467851 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(02)00575-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We developed a parametric method of estimating the Doppler ultrasound (US) umbilical maximal flow waveform envelope that is robust to varying levels of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The method differs from previously proposed estimation algorithms in that it does not incorporate preliminary removal or reduction of noise; thus, avoiding potential resulting biases. Instead, we relied on a multiple time series interpretation that facilitates a regression approach. The maximal waveform shape was assumed to take the form of a periodic series of gamma functions with a hidden baseline that is typically not reached on the downward diastolic phase before the flow increases to the systolic peak. The waveform shape is fitted via optimisation of the cross correlation of the Doppler signal and a periodic reference function locating the cardiac cycles within the blood flow image. Starting values for the iterative optimisation process were obtained using nonstandard least squares regression. Assessments of the fit of the model to waveform data were carried out through visual inspection. In 7 of 327 images analysed (2.1%), there appeared to be some discrepancy between the waveform shape and the gamma waveform envelope, such as variations in systolic or diastolic flows. Modification of the estimation procedure to incorporate blood flow cycles of slightly different lengths and use of other functional forms may improve the fit for waveforms for which the gamma fit is poor. The method has been developed with special reference to umbilical blood flow images, but it can be used directly to model blood flow in other low-resistance vessels or adapted for other vessels with different shape characteristics.
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- Dorota A Doherty
- Mathematics and Statistics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
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Doherty DA, James IR, Newnham JP. Estimation of the Doppler ultrasound umbilical maximal waveform envelope: II. Prediction of fetal distress. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2002; 28:1261-1270. [PMID: 12467852 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(02)00574-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Blood flow variables obtained via Doppler ultrasound (US) waveform estimation have been investigated for prediction of fetal distress. The umbilical flow was assessed using a number of waveform summary statistics in addition to the currently used resistance indices. We examined the relationship between umbilical artery waveform patterns and intrauterine growth restriction, preterm delivery and hypertensive disorders. To enhance prediction, we defined waveform skewness profiles based on pivotal points of the umbilical waveform that appeared to be related to the incidence of preterm delivery and that facilitated construction of IUGR prediction models. The data comprised 204 unselected pregnancies with the umbilical artery images recorded at 18 pregnancy weeks. The sample was divided into 114 pregnancies used to estimate model parameters and 90 pregnancies to validate the model. Logistic prediction models for detection of abnormal velocity waveforms associated with intrauterine growth restriction were derived, based on the waveform information. The estimated model sensitivity and specificity on the training data were 74% and 84%, respectively. Validation of the model on independent data yielded a sensitivity of 57% and specificity of 84%. The logistic IUGR prediction model appears to have significant predictive ability and potential for clinical use, even at this early gestational age. Our data suggest that prediction of IUGR at 18 pregnancy weeks can be much improved when the waveform shape is captured with a number of summary statistics in addition to resistance indices.
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- Dorota A Doherty
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Murdoch University, Murdoch WA, Australia.
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A method is described which allows an approximation to the arterial flow waveform to be derived from a pulse oximeter waveform. The observed pulse oximeter waveform is the sum of arterial inflow and venous outflow. These components are separated mathematically. Subtraction of the venous outflow reveals the underlying arterial flow waveform. The assumptions on which the method is based are stated explicitly and discussed.
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- L B Cook
- Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham OL1 2JH, UK
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Scheel P, Ruge C, Schöning M. Flow velocity and flow volume measurements in the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries in healthy adults: reference data and the effects of age. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2000; 26:1261-1266. [PMID: 11120363 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(00)00293-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To establish reference data and to investigate the development of haemodynamics in the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries, we performed a prospective study in 78 age- and gender-matched healthy adults from 20 to 85 y old. Angle-corrected flow velocities and luminal diameters were measured and waveform parameters and flow volumes calculated in all the arteries. Side-to-side differences and the influence of age on these parameters were also investigated. In the common carotid arteries, the internal carotid arteries and the vertebral arteries (CCA, ICA and VA, respectively) all flow velocities decreased significantly during ageing. The luminal diameter remained constant in all the carotid arteries, but increased slightly with age in the VA. An age-related decline of intravascular flow volume was observed in the ICA. Due to a pronounced decrease in end-diastolic flow velocity, the resistance index decreased in ICA and VA during ageing. There were no significant side-to-side differences in flow velocities and flow volumes in any of the extracranial arteries. The luminal diameters of the CCA, ICA and ECA were significantly smaller in women than in men. No relevant gender-related differences in flow velocities or waveform parameters were found in the extracranial arteries. There was no gender-linked difference in the flow volumes of the brain-feeding arteries and, in the ECA, flow volumes were significantly higher in men. Reference data on all flow velocities and waveform parameters, luminal diameters and flow volumes were established for different age groups between 20 and 85 y old. These data allow us to outline the development of cerebral haemodynamics during "benign ageing" and to utilise flow volume measurements in clinical practice, especially in patients with cerebrovascular diseases.
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- P Scheel
- Division of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of the University of Tübingen, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany
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Hoskins PR, Fish PJ, McDicken WN, Moran C. Developments in cardiovascular ultrasound. Part 2: Arterial applications. Med Biol Eng Comput 1998; 36:259-69. [PMID: 9747563 DOI: 10.1007/bf02522469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many of the changes resulting from arterial disease can be measured, using Doppler ultrasound for measurement of blood velocity and B-scan imaging for measurement of tissue structure and composition. Wall thickness, the degree of arterial narrowing and plaque volume can be measured using B-scan imaging, and 3D ultrasound can be used to improve the accuracy of measurements of plaque volume and for improved visualisation of complex arterial geometries. Measurement of the dynamic properties of the arterial wall permits estimation of wall elasticity and plaque motion. From the Doppler signal, measurements of blood velocity are used to estimate the degree of arterial narrowing and volumetric flow, although measurement errors can be large. Wall shear stress can be estimated by measuring the velocity gradient at the vessel wall. The problems of inadequate spatial resolution and interference from overlying tissue are largely removed when intravascular systems are used, and these have superior capability in the assessment of arterial structure and tissue composition. However, measurement of quantities relating to blood flow is more difficult using the intravascular approach, as the indwelling cather disturbs the blood flow pattern, and currently, assessment of flow and vessel cross-section are not performed at the same site.
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- P R Hoskins
- Department of Medical Physics & Medical Engineering, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
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Iwao T, Oho K, Sakai T, Tayama C, Sato M, Nakano R, Yamawaki M, Toyonaga A, Tanikawa K. Splanchnic and extrasplanchnic arterial hemodynamics in patients with cirrhosis. J Hepatol 1997; 27:817-23. [PMID: 9382968 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(97)80318-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS This study was designed to assess the contribution of splanchnic and extrasplanchnic vascular hemodynamics to the hyperdynamic circulation in patients with cirrhosis. METHODS Cardiac index and flow volume index and pulsatility index (PI) of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and femoral artery (FA) were measured with Doppler ultrasonography in 40 controls and 86 patients with cirrhosis (Child-Pugh grade A=41, grade B=30, and grade C=15). Mean arterial pressure was also recorded to calculate systemic vascular resistance index. RESULTS Systemic vascular resistance index was significantly lower in each Child-Pugh group than in controls. SMA blood flow index was significantly higher in each Child-Pugh group than in controls and the increase in SMA blood flow index paralleled the degree of liver dysfunction. SMA-PI was significantly lower in each Child-Pugh group than in controls and the decrease in SMA-PI paralleled the degree of liver dysfunction. FA blood flow index was slightly higher in Child-Pugh grade A patients and significantly higher in grade B patients than in controls, whereas grade C patients had normal FA blood flow index. FA-PI was significantly lower in grade A and grade B patients than in controls, whereas grade C patients had normal FA-PI. When all patients were examined together, SMA-PI significantly correlated with systemic vascular resistance index (r=0.69, p<0.01). In contrast, FA-PI did not significantly correlate with systemic vascular resistance index (r=0.15, p=0.18). CONCLUSIONS Splanchnic arterial vasodilatation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of decreased systemic vascular resistance seen in patients with cirrhosis.
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- T Iwao
- Department of Medicine II, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan
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Râdegran G. Ultrasound Doppler estimates of femoral artery blood flow during dynamic knee extensor exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1997; 83:1383-8. [PMID: 9338449 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.4.1383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Ultrasound Doppler has been used to measure arterial inflow to a human limb during intermittent static contractions. The technique, however, has neither been thoroughly validated nor used during dynamic exercise. In this study, the inherent problems of the technique have been addressed, and the accuracy was improved by storing the velocity tracings continuously and calculating the flow in relation to the muscle contraction-relaxation phases. The femoral arterial diameter measurements were reproducible with a mean coefficient of variation within the subjects of 1.2 +/- 0.2%. The diameter was the same whether the probe was fixed or repositioned at rest (10.8 +/- 0.2 mm) or measured during dynamic exercise. The blood velocity was sampled over the width of the diameter and the parabolic velocity profile, since sampling in the center resulted in an overestimation by 22.6 +/- 9.1% (P < 0.02). The femoral arterial Doppler blood flow increased linearly (r = 0.997, P < 0.001) with increasing load [Doppler blood flow = 0.080 . load (W) + 1.446 l/min] and was correlated positively with simultaneous thermodilution venous outflow measurements (r = 0.996, P < 0.001). The two techniques were linearly related (Doppler = thermodilution . 0.985 + 0.071 l/min; r = 0.996, P < 0.001), with a coefficient of variation of approximately 6% for both methods.
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- G Râdegran
- Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Sloth E, Pedersen EM, Egeblad H, Hasenkam JM, Juhl B. Transesophageal multiplane imaging of the human pulmonary artery: a comparison of MRI and multiplane transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography. Cardiovasc Res 1997; 34:582-9. [PMID: 9231042 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(97)00080-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the anatomical relationship between the esophagus and pulmonary artery including assessment of the correct transesophageal Doppler insonation angle into the mid-pulmonary artery trunk. METHODS We evaluated the anatomical relationship between the esophagus and pulmonary artery (PA) from comparable magnetic resonance (MR) and transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) multiple two-dimensional images (0 degree, 45 degrees, 90 degrees and 135 degrees clockwise rotation of the standard transverse scanning plane when seen bearfrom the esophagus) obtained in 10 healthy, young volunteers. RESULTS The main PA could be visualized with both techniques in all 10 volunteers and provided highly identical images of good quality. A mean insonation angle of 35 degrees (range 26 degrees-46 degrees) for a fictive esophageal Doppler beam into the main PA was disclosed. The PA trunk was short with a mean length of 23.4 mm (range 17-30 mm). CONCLUSIONS These anatomical data contradict the general assumption of alignment of the pulmonary artery and the transesophageal Doppler beam. Angle correction should be applied in the clinical setting using MTEE by rotation of the scanning plane to approximately 45 degrees. Ignoring the insonation angle of approximately 35 degrees may cause 20% underestimation of blood flow velocity and cardiac output in the PA.
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- E Sloth
- Dept. of Anaesthesia, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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Hatab MR, Giller CA, Clarke GD. Evaluation of cerebral arterial flow with transcranial Doppler ultrasound: theoretical development and phantom studies. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 1997; 23:1025-1031. [PMID: 9330446 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(97)00030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Blood flow information available from transcranial Doppler ultrasound is usually derived from velocity alone because no knowledge of vessel caliber is available. In cases such as vasospasm, where vessel size changes, the inference of flow from velocity becomes questionable. A computational technique was used to calculate a flow index and 2 vessel area indices based on the first and zero moments of the Doppler power spectrum. These indices were tested in a steady and pulsatile flow phantom using 6 different diameter elastic tubes. Changes in the flow index showed good agreement with changes in timed volume flow for different flow rates. The vessel caliber indices correctly predicted changes in area when different diameter tubes were examined. These indices may prove useful in clinical settings where the constancy of flow or vessel diameter between studies are in question.
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- M R Hatab
- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235, USA.
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