Skip to main content

Table 5 Rest and stress algorithm set

From: WEB downloadable software for training in cardiovascular hemodynamics in the (3-D) stress echo lab

Calculated values

Method

Measure unit

Body Surface Area (BSA, at rest)

Sq.Root {(Kg.)*(Cm.)/(3600)}

M 2

(rest, and peak stress)

  

Stroke Volume (SV)

EDV - ESV

mL

Cardiac Output (CO)

stroke volume * heart rate

L/min

Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

(SBP-DBP)/3 + DBP

mmHg

Pulse Pressure (PP)

SBP-DBP

mmHg

End Systolic Pressure (ESP)

SBP * 0.9

mmHg

LV Elastance ( E es ) index

ESP/ESV * BSA -1

mmHg/mL/m 2

Effective arterial elastance index ( E ai)

ESP/SV * BSA -1

mmHg/mL/m 2

Ventricular-Arterial Coupling (VAC)

E es/E a = (ESP/ESV)/(ESP/SV) = SV/ESV

ratio

Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR)

80 * (MAP- 5) ⁄ Cardiac output

(dyne*sec)/cm 5

systemic arterial Compliance (C)

Stroke Volume/Pulse Pressure

mL/mmHg

Mitral E/e'

 

ratio

Diastolic Mean Filling Rate

(SVi/Cardiological Diastolic Time) × 1,000

mL/m 2 × sec -1

Diastolic time/systolic time ratio

M-Mode or Sensor

ratio

And, for right heart function:

  

Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure (PASP)

4×(Tricuspid regurgitant velocity)2 + Right Atrium Pressure

mmHg

Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Pressure (PADP)

4×(Pulmonary artery end-diastolic velocity)2 + Right Atrium Pressure

mmHg

Mean PA Pressure(MPAP)

1/3(SPAP) + 2/3(PADP).

mmHg

Mean PA Pressure (MPAP)

4×Peak pulmonary regurgitant velocity2

mmHg

Pulmonary Artery Pulse Pressure (PAPP)

4×(Tricuspid regurgitant velocity)2 - 4×(Pulmonary artery end-diastolic velocity)2

mmHg

Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR)

PVR = 80 × (MPAP - PCWP)/CO

(dyne*sec)/cm 5

Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR)

10 × Tricuspid regurgitant velocity/PTVI

Woods units

X 80 = (dyne*sec)/cm 5

Pulmonary Vascular Capacitance (PVC)

Stroke Volume/Pulmonary Artery Pulse Pressure

mL/mmHg

  1. SBP = Systolic blood pressure; DBP = Diastolic blood pressure; TR = Tricuspid regurgitation; EDV = End-diastolic volume; ESV = End-systolic volume; RV = Right ventricular; PCWP = Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; PTVI = Pulmonary time velocity integral; MPAP = Mean pulmonary artery pressure; SPAP = Systolic pulmonary artery pressure; PADP = Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure; MAP = Mean arterial pressure; SV = Stroke volume