Beat frequencies in high-frequency positive-pressure ventilation

• Published in: Critical care medicine Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 729
• Main Authors: Pinchak, A C, Hagen, J F, Hancock, D E, Kovijanic, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01-09-1984
• Subjects: Animals; Blood Pressure; Cardiac Output; Dogs; Electrocardiography; Heart Rate; Positive-Pressure Respiration - methods; Pressure; Pulmonary Artery - physiology; Pulmonary Gas Exchange; Respiration; Stroke Volume; Tidal Volume; Vibration
• ISSN: 0090-3493
• DOI: 10.1097/00003246-198409000-00009

Amplitude modulation of the waveforms of several cardiovascular variables was investigated during high-frequency (1.3 to 3.3 Hz) positive-pressure ventilation (HFPPV). The amplitude modulation of the pulmonary artery pressure wave was most prominent and its beat frequency (BF) was equal to the difference between the heart rate and the ventilation rate. Spectral analysis of the pulmonary artery pressure demonstrated well-defined peaks associated with the BF. No significant physiologic changes in either cardiovascular or pulmonary function were attributable to the presence of the beat phenomenon.