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Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations 57
Measurements
a Fromthecalculationsmenu,locateQp/Qs
andthenselectLVOT D or RVOT D.
b Positionthecalipers.(See“Workingwith
calipers”onpage 41.)
c Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
3 OnafrozenDopplerspectraltrace,pressthe
CALCSkey.
4 DothefollowingtomeasurefromLVOTVTI
andagaintomeasurefromRVOTVTI:
a Fromthecalculationsmenu,selectQp/Qs
andthenselectLVOT VTI or RVOT VTI.
b Pressthe
SELECTkeytostartthetrace.
c Usingthetouchpad,tracethewaveform.
Tomakeacorrection,selectUndo
onscreen,backtrackwiththetouchpad,or
pressthe
BACKSPACEkey.
d Pressthe
SETkeytocompletethetrace.
e Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
Forinformationontheautomatictracetool,see
“Totraceautomatically(Doppler)”onpage 44.
To calculate Stroke Volume (SV) or Stroke
Index (SI)
TheSVandSIcalculationsrequirea
measurementin2Dandameasurementin
Doppler.SIalsorequiresBodySurfaceArea
(BSA).Afterthemeasurementsaresaved,the
resultappearsinthepatientreport.
1 (SIOnly)FillintheHeightandWeightfields
onthepatientinformationform.TheBSAis
calculatedautomatically.(See“Tocreatea
newpatientinformationform”onpage 34.)
2 MeasurefromLVOT(2D):
a Onafrozen2Dimage,pressthe
CALCSkey.
b Fromthecalculationsmenu,selectLVOT D.
c Positionthecalipers.(See“Workingwith
calipers”onpage 41.)
d Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
3 Measurefromaorta(Doppler).See“To
calculateVelocityTimeIntegral(VTI)”on
page 54.Fromthecalculationsmenu,select
AVandthenselectVTI.
Forinformationontheautomatictracetool,see
“Totra ceautomatically(Doppler)”onpage 44.
To calculate Heart Rate (HR)
HeartRateisavailableinallcardiacpackages.
TheHeartRateisnotcalculatedusingtheECG
trace.
Savingtheheartratetothepatientreport
overwritesanyheartrateenteredonthepatient
informationform.
1 OnafrozenDopplerspectraltrace,pressthe
CALCSkey.
2 Fromthecalculationsmenu,selectHR.
Averticalcaliperappears.
3 Usingthetouchpad,positionthefirstvertical
caliperatthepeakoftheheartbeat.
4 Pressthe
SELECTkey.
Asecondverticalcaliperappears.Theactive
caliperishighlightedgreen.
5 Usingthetouchpad,positionthesecond
verticalcaliperatthepeakofthenext
heartbeat.
6 Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
To calculate Cardiac Output (CO) or Cardiac
Index (CI)
TheCOandCIcalculationsrequireStroke
VolumeandHeartRatecalculations.CIalso
requiresBodySurfaceArea(BSA).Afterthe
measurementsaresaved,theresultappearsin
thepatientreport.