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Chapter 7: References 141
References
floatingpointversusintegertypemath,whichis
subjecttoerrorsintroducedbyroundingversus
truncatingresultsfordisplayofagivenlevelof
significantdigitinthecalculation.
Measurement publications
and terminology
Thefollowingsectionslistthepublicationsand
terminologyusedforeachcalculationresult.
Terminologyandmeasurementscomplywith
AIUMpublishedstandards.
Cardiac references
Acceleration (ACC) in cm/s
2
Zwiebel,W.J.IntroductiontoVascular
Ultrasonography.4thed.,W.B.Saunders
Company,(2000),52.
ACC=abs(deltavelocity/deltatime)
Acceleration Time (AT) in msec
Oh,J.K.,J.B.Seward,A.J.Tajik.TheEchoManual.
2nded.,Lippincott,Williams,andWilkins,
(1999),219.
Aortic Valve Area (AVA) by Continuity
Equation in cm
2
Reynolds,Terry.TheEchocardiographer’sPocket
Reference.2nded.,SchoolofCardiacUltrasound,
ArizonaHeartInstitute,(2000),393,442.
A
2
=A
1
*V
1
/V
2
where: A
2
=Aovalvearea
A
1
=LVOTarea;V
1
=LVOTvelocity;
V
2
=Aovalvevelocity
LVOT=LeftVentricularOutflow
Tract
AVA(PV
LVOT
/PV
AO
)*CSA
LVOT
AVA(VTI
LVOT
/VTI
AO
)*CSA
LVOT
Body Surface Area (BSA) in m
2
Grossman,W.CardiacCatheterizationand
Angiography.Philadelphia:LeaandFebiger,
(1980),90.
BSA=0.007184*Weight
0.425
*Height
0.725
Weight=kilograms
Height=centimeters
Cardiac Index (CI) in l/min/m
2
Oh,J.K.,J.B.Seward,A.J.Tajik.TheEchoManual.
2ndEdition,Boston:Little,BrownandCompany,
(1999),59.
CI=CO/BSA
where: CO=CardiacOutput
BSA=BodySurfaceArea
Cardiac Output (CO) in l/min
Oh,J.K.,J.B.Seward,A.J.TajikTheEchoManual.
2nded.,Lippincott,Williams,andWilkins,
(1999),59.
CO=(SV*HR)/1000
where: CO=CardiacOutput
SV=StrokeVolume
HR=HeartRate
Cross Sectional Area (CSA) in cm
2
Reynolds,Terry.TheEchocardiographer’sPocket
Reference.2nded.,SchoolofCardiacUltrasound,
ArizonaHeartInstitute,(2000),383.
CSA=0.785*D
2
where: D=diameteroftheanatomyof
interest
Deceleration Time in msec
Reynolds,Terry.TheEchocardiographer’sPocket
Reference.2nded.,SchoolofCardiacUltrasound,
ArizonaHeartInstitute,(2000),453.
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