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Tissue Doppler imaging of right ventricular decompensation in pulmonary hypertension.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19925505     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Right ventricular (RV) function is closely linked to outcomes in pulmonary hypertension (PH). The authors sought to evaluate RV myocardial strain in 3 groups of patients: normal, PH with compensated RV function (PH-C), and PH with decompensated RV function (PH-D). Fifty-six patients (aged 56+/-12 years; 40 women; mean pulmonary artery pressure [MPAP] range, 13-82 mm Hg) underwent right heart catheterization and 2-dimensional echocardiography with tissue Doppler imaging of the RV. Right atrial pressures were 6+/-3, 5+/-2, and 14+/-4 mm Hg; MPAP values were 19+/-3, 44+/-15, and 56+/-13 mm Hg; pulmonary vascular resistances were 1.4+/-0.4, 7.9+/-5.1, and 11.5+/-6.6 Wood units; and cardiac indices were 3.4+/-0.9, 2.8+/-0.8, and 2.2+/-0.7 L/min/m(2) (P<.05 for all for normal, PH-C, and PH-D patients), respectively. RV free wall strain decreased significantly among all 3 groups (-26%+/-6%, -19%+/-7%, and -14%+/-5%; P<.0001). RV free wall strain decreases in PH without hemodynamically decompensated RV function suggesting it may be a preceding step in the development of RV failure. This may be of particular use in following patients sequentially.
Authors:
Marc A Simon; Navin Rajagopalan; Michael A Mathier; Sanjeev G Shroff; Michael R Pinsky; Angel López-Candales
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.)     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1751-7133     ISO Abbreviation:  Congest Heart Fail     Publication Date:    2009 Nov-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-20     Completed Date:  2010-03-29     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9714174     Medline TA:  Congest Heart Fail     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  271-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. simonma@upmc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analysis of Variance
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Female
Health Status Indicators
Heart Failure / complications,  ultrasonography*
Heart Ventricles / pathology,  ultrasonography
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
Male
Middle Aged
ROC Curve
Reproducibility of Results
Statistics as Topic
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / complications,  ultrasonography*
Ventricular Function, Left
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL067181/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL07820/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; K24 HL067181-07/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; KL2 RR024154/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; L30 HL078435-03A1/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; T32 HL007820-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
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