Doppler Transmitral Flow Velocity Parameters: Relationship between Age, Body Surface Area, Blood Pressure and Gender in Normal Subjects

Abstract

The effects of age, body surface area, gender, and blood pressure on pulsed Doppler transmitral flow velocity measurements were evaluated in 66 adult men and women, ages 21-78 years, without a history of hypertension or cardiovascular disease. Measurements were made at the level of the mitral leaflet tips of early and late diastolic transmitral peak flow (filling) velocities, flow times and flow velocity integrals, and of early diastolic flow acceleration and deceleration. Mitral peak flow velocity in early diastole (PFVE) was significantly lower (p 0.65, p