Table 1.
Total emboli count versus circuit type, flow rate and pressure, transducer, and size range.
| Size Range (μm) |
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| Transducer | Circuit | Pressure/Flow | N | 10–20 | 20–30 | 30–40 | 40–50 | 50–60 | 60–70 | 70–80 | 80–90 | 90–100 | 100–110 | 110–120 |
| 1 | SX/D734 | A | 15 | 2257 (734) | 1009 (297) | 394 (107) | 111 (36) | 46 (18) | 20 (7.6) | 11 (5.7) | 6.3 (3.3) | 3.5 (2.5) | 1.4 (.9) | 1.5 (1.6) |
| B | 15 | 3999 (847) | 1848 (316) | 877 (170) | 293 (70) | 114 (37) | 46 (16) | 21 (10) | 9.4 (5.5) | 6.9 (3.6) | 3.4 (3.0) | 1.5 (1.3) | ||
| RX/AF125 | A | 15 | 2247 (428) | 1099 (174) | 456 (80) | 152 (25) | 61 (17) | 26 (8.1) | 14 (7.3) | 7.5 (5.1) | 4.0 (2.3) | 1.5 (1.2) | 1.2 (1.5) | |
| B | 15 | 3507 (762) | 1695 (301) | 844 (132) | 312 (52) | 147 (32) | 66 (21) | 35 (15) | 19 (11) | 13 (7.7) | 6.1 (5.0) | 4.7 (4.4) | ||
| FX | A | 15 | 1643 (425) | 785 (232) | 289 (90) | 86 (32) | 31 (11) | 11 (4.1) | 4.7 (3.4) | 2.5 (2.1) | .6 (.7) | 0 | .1 (.4) | |
| B | 15 | 2572 (1001) | 1214 (582) | 507 (257) | 153 (86) | 56 (31) | 20 (9.5) | 10 (6.9) | 4.0 (2.3) | 1.2 (.9) | .93 (1.4) | .6 (1.1) | ||
| SYN102 | A | 15 | 1378 (632) | 694 (308) | 425 (189) | 217 (95) | 125 (59) | 73 (39) | 47 (25) | 26 (13) | 18 (9) | 11 (6.7) | 8.2 (4.7) | |
| B | 15 | 1484 (543) | 748 (263) | 463 (179) | 238 (96) | 148 (70) | 85 (47) | 49 (25) | 33 (20) | 25 (15) | 14 (8.9) | 10 (7.2) | ||
| A | 15 | 198 (57) | 60 (22) | 15 (6.7) | 3.2 (1.9) | 1.5 (1.1) | .5 (.6) | .4 (.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| B | 15 | 599 (221) | 284 (118) | 105 (50) | 30 (14) | 11 (5.5) | 3.9 (2.3) | 2.1 (1.5) | 1.5 (1.8) | .5 (.8) | .2 (.6) | 0 | ||
| 2 | SX/D734 | A | 15 | 63 (44) | 10 (7.7) | 2.1 (3) | .3 (.6) | .1 (.4) | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B | 15 | 188 (164) | 41 (41) | 6.0 (6.4) | 1.0 (1.5) | .1 (.4) | .07 (.3) | 0 | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RX/AF125 | A | 15 | 152 (83) | 31 (16) | 5.3 (3.1) | 1.3 (1.4) | .6 (.6) | .1 (.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B | 15 | 457 (166) | 110 (45) | 22 (6.8) | 3.9 (1.5) | 1.7 (1.3) | .5 (.7) | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FX | A | 15 | 96 (47) | 15 (12) | 3.7 (3.2) | 1.1 (1.8) | .3 (.5) | .1 (.5) | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B | 15 | 261 (105) | 57 (33) | 14 (9.9) | 3.1 (2.3) | 1.5 (2.3) | .4 (1.1) | .3 (.6) | .1 (.3) | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | ||
| SYN102 | A | 15 | 297 (183) | 151 (83) | 69 (35) | 18 (6.5) | 7.1 (4.1) | 3.1 (1.7) | 1.2 (1.3) | .5 (.8) | .1 (.3) | .1 (.4) | .1 (.3) | |
| B | 15 | 378 (143) | 232 (93) | 122 (41) | 41 (12) | 17 (6.3) | 5.1 (3.4) | 2.1 (2.0) | 1.1 (1.1) | .4 (.6) | .3 (.6) | .4 (.6) | ||
| SYN40 | A | 15 | 0 | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B | 15 | 5.9 (13) | 2.3 (6.7) | 1.7 (4.5) | .4 (1.3) | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | SX/D734 | A | 15 | .8 (1.3) | .2 (.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B | 15 | 3.0 (3.1) | .6 (.9) | .2 (.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RX/AF125 | A | 15 | 5.9 (4.9) | 5.9 (4.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B | 15 | 28 (19) | 5.5 (3.9) | 1.3 (1.2) | .1 (.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FX | A | 15 | 10 (7.2) | 1.6 (2.6) | .5 (.6) | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B | 15 | 46 (31) | 9.7 (6.1) | 2.4 (1.9) | .5 (.6) | .1 (.3) | 0 | .1 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SYN102 | A | 15 | 221 (132) | 98 (53) | 40 (25) | 10 (6.8) | 4.3 (3.2) | 1.9 (3.3) | 1.0 (1.6) | .5 (.5) | .2 (.6) | .1 (.4) | 0 | |
| B | 15 | 288 (114) | 156 (61) | 77 (30) | 31 (12) | 9.6 (3.6) | 4.1 (2.7) | 1.1 (1.1) | .3 (.5) | .2 (.4) | 0 | .1 (.3) | ||
| SYN40 | A | 15 | .7 (1.1) | 0 | .7 (.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B | 15 | 3.3 (8.4) | 1.9 (5.3) | .5 (1.6) | .2 (.8) | .1 (.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Raw data presented as mean (±standard deviation) with the emboli size range in μm.
A: Flow rate of 3.5 L/min and a pressure of 150 mmHg.
B: Flow rate of 5.0 L/min and a pressure of 200 mmHg.
N, number of experiments.