Pulmonary venous flow pattern--its relationship to cardiac dynamics. A pulsed Doppler echocardiographic study

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 71; no. 6; pp. 1105 - 1112
• Main Authors: Keren, G, Sherez, J, Megidish, R, Levitt, B, Laniado, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.06.1985
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Atrial Fibrillation - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac dysrhythmias; Cardiology. Vascular system; Child; Coronary Circulation; Echocardiography; Female; Heart; Heart - physiology; Heart Block - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve - physiology; Myocardial Contraction; Pulmonary Circulation; Regional Blood Flow; Heart; Doppler ultrasound study; Human; Echocardiography; Arrhythmia; Ultrasonic investigation; Cardiovascular disease; Hemodynamics; Pulmonary vein; Blood flow

We studied the physiology of pulmonary venous flow in 13 normal subjects and five patients with atrial rhythm disorders and atrioventricular conduction disturbances with pulsed Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiography. The left atrium, mitral valve, and pulmonary venous ostia were visualized thr...