Table 2.
Total emboli volume versus circuit type, flow rate and pressure, and transducer.
| Volume (mL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit | Pressure/Flow | N | Transducer 1 | Transducer 2 | Transducer 3 | |
| SX/D734 | A | 15 | 4.2 (1.2) | .025 (.022) | .00078 (.002) | |
| B | 15 | 8.8 (2.2) | .084 (.082) | .0013 (.0017) | ||
| RX/AF125 | A | 15 | 4.9 (1.3) | .072 (.036) | .0015 (.0012) | |
| B | 15 | 11 (3.8) | .25 (.079) | .013 (.0075) | ||
| FX | A | 15 | 2.6 (.81) | .046 (.036) | .0040 (.0037) | |
| B | 15 | 4.5 (2.2) | .16 (.11) | .039 (.054) | ||
| SYN102 | A | 15 | 15 (8.7) | .58 (.25) | .38 (.25) | |
| B | 15 | 17 (9.9) | 1.1 (.34) | .69 (.27) | ||
| SYN40 | A | 15 | .16 (.048) | .000081 (.00016) | .00032 (.0005) | |
| B | 15 | 1.0 (.51) | .0091 (.026) | .0057 (.018) | ||
Raw data presented as mean × 10−5 (±standard deviation × 10−5).
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.