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56 Exam-based calculations
Tomakeacorrection,selectUndo
onscreen,backtrackwiththetouchpad,or
pressthe
BACKSPACEkey.
d Pressthe
SETkeytocompletethetrace.
e Savethecalculation.
Forinformationontheautomatictracetool,see
“Totraceautomatically(Doppler)”onpage 44.
To calculate Isovolumic Relaxation Time
(IVRT)
1 OnafrozenDopplerspectraltrace,pressthe
CALCSkey.
2 Fromthecalculationsmenu,selectMVand
thenselectIVRT.
Averticalcaliperappears.
3 Usingthetouchpad,positionthecaliperatthe
aorticvalveclosure.
4 Pressthe
SELECTkey.
Asecondverticalcaliperappears.
5 Usingthetouchpad,positionthesecond
caliperatonsetofmitralinflow.
6 Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
To calculate Delta Pressure: Delta Time
(dP:dT)
ToperformthedP:dTmeasurements,theCW
Dopplerscalemustincludevelocitiesof300 cm/s
orgreateronthenegativesideofthebaseline.
(See“Spectraltraceoptions”onpage 29.)
1 OnafrozenCWDopplerspectraltrace,press
the
CALCSkey.
2 Fromthecalculationsmenu,selectMV,and
thenselectdP:dT.
Ahorizontaldotted linewithanactivecaliper
appearsat100cm/s.
3 Positionthefirstcaliperalongthewaveform
at100cm/s.
4 Pressthe
SELECTkey.
Asecondhorizontaldottedlinewith an active
caliperappearsat300cm/s.
5 Positionthesecondcaliperalongthe
waveformat300cm/s.
6 Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
To calculate Aortic Valve Area (AVA)
TheAVAcalculationrequiresameasurementin
2DandtwomeasurementsinDoppler.Afterthe
measurementsaresaved,theresultappearsin
thepatientreport.
1 MeasurefromLVOT(2D):
a Onafrozen2Dimage,pressthe
CALCSkey.
b Fromthecalculationsmenu,selectLVOT D.
c Positionthecalipers.(See“Workingwith
calipers”onpage 41.)
d Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
2 MeasurefromLVOT,andthenmeasurefrom
AV(Doppler):
•ForVmax,see“Tomeasurepeakvelocity
onpage 54.Fromthecalculationsmenu,
selectAV
,selectsamplesite,andthen
selectVmax.
•ForVTI,see“TocalculateVelocityTime
Integral(VTI)”onpage 54.Fromthe
calculationsmenu,selectAV,selectsample
site,andthenselectVTI.
To calculate Qp/Qs
TheQp/Qscalculationrequirestwo
measurementsin2Dandtwomeasurementsin
Doppler.Afterthemeasurementsaresaved,the
resultappearsinthepatientreport.
1 Onafrozen2Dimage,pressthe
CALCSkey.
2 DothefollowingtomeasurefromLVOTD
andagaintomeasurefromRVOT D: