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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H908-H916, 2002. First published May 16, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00869.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 3, H908-H916, September 2002

Spatial velocity profile in mouse embryonic aorta and Doppler-derived volumetric flow: a preliminary model

Colin K. L. Phoon1, Orlando Aristizábal2, and Daniel H. Turnbull2,3

1 Pediatric Cardiology Program, 2 Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, and 3 Departments of Radiology and Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016

Characterizing embryonic circulatory physiology requires accurate cardiac output and flow data. Despite recent applications of high-frequency ultrasound Doppler to the study of embryonic circulation, current Doppler analysis of volumetric flow is relatively crude. To improve Doppler derivation of volumetric flow, we sought a preliminary model of the spatial velocity profile in the mouse embryonic dorsal aorta using ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM)-Doppler data. Embryonic hematocrit is 0.05-0.10 so rheologic properties must be insignificant. Low Reynolds numbers (<500) and Womersley parameters (<0.76) suggest laminar flow. UBM demonstrated a circular dorsal aortic cross section with no significant tapering. Low Dean numbers (<100) suggest the presence of minimal skewing of the spatial velocity profile. The inlet length allows for fully developed flow. There is no apparent aortic wall pulsatility. Extrapolation of prior studies to these vessel diameters (300-350 µm) and flow velocities (~50-200 mm/s) suggests parabolic spatial velocity profiles. Therefore, mouse embryonic dorsal aortic blood flow may correspond to Poiseuille flow in a straight rigid tube with parabolic spatial velocity profiles. As a first approximation, these results are an important step toward precise in utero ultrasound characterization of blood flow within the developing mammalian circulation.

cardiac development; embryonic blood flow; physiology; ultrasound


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