This study was designed to assess, using the echocardiographic acoustic quantification technique, the influence of respiration on left ventricular (LV) function and its modifications connected with the ageing process, quantifying in a non-invasive way the respiratory contribution to the LV volume variability. An automated algorithm is applied to extract the beat-to-beat measurements of LV function parameters from the LV volume signal, obtained from recordings lasting a few minutes. Mean values, amount of variability and spectral content were studied in a population of 17 normal young (mean age 25 +/- 1 years) and 12 normal old (mean age 64 +/- 2 years) subjects. Mean values of the beat-to-beat measurements of LV function parameters were able to point out alterations connected with the ageing process in peak filling rate, peak atrial filling rate and peak ejection rate. Spectral analysis, applied to the extracted variability series, displayed a predominance of the high-frequency (HF) component corresponding to respiration in all LV function parameters; moreover, age related changes of HF variability were observed in peak ejection rate. The HF power spectrum component of beat to beat series extracted from the LV signal can provide a non-invasive assessment of the fluctuations in ventricular parameters associated with respiration.

Evaluation of respiratory influences on left ventricular function parameters extracted from echocardiographic acoustic quantification / E.G. Caiani, M. Turiel, S. Muzzupappa, A. Porta, G. Baselli, M. Pagani, S. Cerutti, A. Malliani. - In: PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT. - ISSN 0967-3334. - 21:1(2000 Feb), pp. 175-186. [10.1088/0967-3334/21/1/321]

Evaluation of respiratory influences on left ventricular function parameters extracted from echocardiographic acoustic quantification

M. Turiel
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A. Porta;M. Pagani;A. Malliani
Ultimo
2000

Abstract

This study was designed to assess, using the echocardiographic acoustic quantification technique, the influence of respiration on left ventricular (LV) function and its modifications connected with the ageing process, quantifying in a non-invasive way the respiratory contribution to the LV volume variability. An automated algorithm is applied to extract the beat-to-beat measurements of LV function parameters from the LV volume signal, obtained from recordings lasting a few minutes. Mean values, amount of variability and spectral content were studied in a population of 17 normal young (mean age 25 +/- 1 years) and 12 normal old (mean age 64 +/- 2 years) subjects. Mean values of the beat-to-beat measurements of LV function parameters were able to point out alterations connected with the ageing process in peak filling rate, peak atrial filling rate and peak ejection rate. Spectral analysis, applied to the extracted variability series, displayed a predominance of the high-frequency (HF) component corresponding to respiration in all LV function parameters; moreover, age related changes of HF variability were observed in peak ejection rate. The HF power spectrum component of beat to beat series extracted from the LV signal can provide a non-invasive assessment of the fluctuations in ventricular parameters associated with respiration.
left ventricular volume ; acoustic quantification ; respiration ; spectral analysis
Settore ING-INF/06 - Bioingegneria Elettronica e Informatica
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
Settore MED/11 - Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare
feb-2000
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