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Pulmonary venous systolic flow: influence of gravity on pulmonary venous flow velocities assessed in patients with atrial fibrillation. 2002

Yoko Ohta, and Kazuaki Tanabe, and Hiromi Shimizu, and Ko Nakamura, and Tetsuro Ohta, and Toshio Shimada
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.

The origin of the pulmonary venous (PV) systolic flow wave is still unclear and could be the atrial relaxation and systolic descent of the atrioventricular plane, which decrease atrial pressure (suction) or raised PV pressure. In atrial fibrillation (AF), loss of atrial contraction and relaxation significantly modifies the systolic PV flow wave. The effect of recumbent positional changes on PV, however, has not yet been characterized in AF. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of positional changes on systolic PV flow in patients with AF studied by transesophageal echocardiography. The study group consisted of 45 patients with AF (34 patients with AF, alone, and 11 patients with mitral stenosis [MS]). To assess the influence of left atrial pressure, we included patients with MS and AF. Pulsed wave Doppler transesophageal echocardiography of the left and right upper PV were performed in the left lateral recumbent position in all patients and repeated records were obtained with the subject in the supine position in 25 (AF alone: n = 20, MS: n = 5) of 45 patients. In the left lateral recumbent position, the systolic PV flow velocity and systolic fraction of the left PV, which were recorded on the recumbent subject's lower side, were significantly increased compared with those of the right PV in both AF alone and MS with AF (33.9 +/- 10.8 vs 13.8 +/- 6.4 cm/s, 0.45 +/- 0.09 vs 0.20 +/- 0.10 in AF alone; 30.2 +/- 11.7 vs 14.6 +/- 6.0 cm/s, 0.43 +/- 0.12 vs 0.20 +/- 0.07 in MS, respectively, P < .01). By changing the position from the left lateral to the supine position, systolic PV flow velocity and systolic fraction of the left and right PV became the same (29.3 +/- 8.4 vs 27.9 +/- 8.4 cm/s, 0.39 +/- 0.09 vs 0.36 +/- 0.06 in AF alone, 23.5 +/- 8.8 vs 27.5 +/- 5.0 cm/s, 0.35 +/- 0.08 vs 0.35 +/- 0.09 in MS, respectively). These findings show that the PV volume (hydrostatic pressure) significantly modifies systolic PV flow wave in patients without atrial contraction and relaxation. We should take into consideration the body position on which PV flow is studied.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008946 Mitral Valve Stenosis Narrowing of the passage through the MITRAL VALVE due to FIBROSIS, and CALCINOSIS in the leaflets and chordal areas. This elevates the left atrial pressure which, in turn, raises pulmonary venous and capillary pressure leading to bouts of DYSPNEA and TACHYCARDIA during physical exertion. RHEUMATIC FEVER is its primary cause. Mitral Stenosis,Mitral Stenoses,Mitral Valve Stenoses,Stenoses, Mitral,Stenoses, Mitral Valve,Stenosis, Mitral,Stenosis, Mitral Valve,Valve Stenoses, Mitral,Valve Stenosis, Mitral
D011652 Pulmonary Circulation The circulation of the BLOOD through the LUNGS. Pulmonary Blood Flow,Respiratory Circulation,Circulation, Pulmonary,Circulation, Respiratory,Blood Flow, Pulmonary,Flow, Pulmonary Blood,Pulmonary Blood Flows
D011667 Pulmonary Veins The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. Pulmonary Vein,Vein, Pulmonary,Veins, Pulmonary
D001783 Blood Flow Velocity A value equal to the total volume flow divided by the cross-sectional area of the vascular bed. Blood Flow Velocities,Flow Velocities, Blood,Flow Velocity, Blood,Velocities, Blood Flow,Velocity, Blood Flow
D002302 Cardiac Output The volume of BLOOD passing through the HEART per unit of time. It is usually expressed as liters (volume) per minute so as not to be confused with STROKE VOLUME (volume per beat). Cardiac Outputs,Output, Cardiac,Outputs, Cardiac
D005260 Female Females
D006112 Gravitation Acceleration produced by the mutual attraction of two masses, and of magnitude inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two centers of mass. It is also the force imparted by the earth, moon, or a planet to an object near its surface. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988) G Force,Gravistimulation,Gravity,Force, G,G Forces,Gravities
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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