Echo Values -- Flashcards
Normal LA volume index
<34 ml/m squared
16-34 ml/ m squared
Normal male LA (m-mode and 2D linear)
<40 mm
Normal female LA (m-mode and 2D linear)
<38 mm
Male severe LA
> 52 mm
Female severe LA
> 47 mm
Normal RA minor dimension
<44 mm
Abnormal is greater then 44 mm
Normal RA major dimension
<53 mm
Abnormal is greater then 53 mm
Normal male RA volume index
_< 32 ml/m squared
Abnormal is greater then 32
Normal female RA volume index
_< 27 ml/m squared
Abnormal is greater then 27
Normal RA area
<18 cm squared
Abnormal is greater then 18
Mild LA volume index
35-40 ml/ m squared
Severe LA volume index
> 48 ml/m squared
When measuring the LA in 2 planes the length should not differ by more then
> 5 mm
Pulsed wave cannot measures velocities over …
2-2.5 m/s
How many beats should you measure if there’s an Arrhythmia
3-5
A 20 degree offset from flow direction = a ——-% underestimation of blood flow
6%
For a stenosis to cause an underestimation of a pressure gradient it’s length has to be
> 10 mm
Proximal velocities have to be increased over —- to use the expanded Bernoulli equation
_> 1.2 m/s
In IVCT the pressure in the LV changes from what
5-80 mmHg
IVCT lasts how long?
30-50 ms
Aorta systolic pressure
120 mmHg
Aorta diastolic pressure
70 mmHg
Aorta mean pressure
85 mmHg
RA mean pressure
4 mmHg
RV systolic pressure
25 mmHg
RV diastolic pressure
4 mmHg
LV systolic pressure
120 mmHg
LV diastolic pressure
10 mmHg
LA mean pressure
10 mmHg
PA systolic pressure
25 mmHg