A new noninvasive measurement system for wave intensity evaluation of carotid arterial wave intensity and reproducibility英文文献.pdfVIP

Heart Vessels (2002) 17:12–21 © Springer-Verlag 2002 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Kiyomi Niki · Motoaki Sugawara · Dehua Chang Akimitsu Harada · Takashi Okada · Ryoichi Sakai Keisuke Uchida · Rie Tanaka · Catherine E. Mumford A new noninvasive measurement system for wave intensity: evaluation of carotid arterial wave intensity and reproducibility Received: March 25, 2002 / Accepted: June 17, 2002 Abstract Wave intensity (WI) is a new hemodynamic index the computer gives WI and . We applied this method to that provides information about the dynamic behavior of the carotid artery in 135 normal subjects. The mean values the heart and the vascular system and their interaction. of W , W , NA, R W , and W W were 8 940 1 2 1 1 2 Carotid arterial wave intensity in normal subjects has two 3 3 3 790 mmHgm/s , 1840 880mmHgm/s , 27 13mmHgm/ positive peaks. The first peak, W1, occurs during early sys- s2 , 104 14ms, and 270 19ms, respectively. These values tole, the magnitude of which increases with increases in did not show a significant correlation with age. The mean cardiac contractility. The second peak, W2 , which occurs value of was 10.4 4.8 and the values significantly corre- towards the end of ejection, is related to the ability of the lated with age (men: r 0.66, P 0.0001; women: r left ventricle to actively stop aortic blood flow. Between the 0.81, P 0.0001). The reproducibility was evaluated by two po