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Right ventricular adaptation to pulmonary pressure load in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and after successful pulmonary endarterectomy--a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2014 December 6
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to characterize RV adaptation to varying loading conditions in patients with chronic thromboembolic hypertension (CTEPH) before and after pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). Nearly 4% of patients with pulmonary embolism develop CTEPH. PEA offers a cure with excellent outcome. By use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) combined with hemodynamic measurements pulmonary arterial elastance (Ea-pulm_i), end-systolic right ventricular elastance (Ees-RV_i) and ventriculo-arterial coupling (Ea-pulm_i/Ees-RV_i) can be studied before and after PEA.
METHODS: Sixty-five patients (mean age 41±12 years, 28 female) underwent CMR pre- and post-PEA. Ejection fraction (EF), end-diastolic (EDVi), end-systolic (ESVi), and stroke (SVi) volumes were indexed for body surface area. Ea-pulm_i was calculated as pulmonary artery mean pressure (mPAP)/SVi, and Ees-RV_i as mPAP/ESVi.
RESULTS: mPAP decreased from 47±12 to 25±9 mmHg, p=0.0001. Ea-pulm_i was increased before PEA and normalized afterwards (2.8±2.1 vs. 0.85±0.4 mmHg/ml/m2, p=0.0001). Ees-RV_i was depressed before and after PEA (0.72±0.27 vs. 0.66±0.3 mmHg/ml/m2, p=0.13). EF improved from 25±12% to 46±10%, p=0.0001, because ventriculo-arterial coupling was restored (4.2±3 vs. 1.4±0.6, p=0.0001). EDVi and ESVi mproved significantly (EDVi 92±32 to 72±23 ml, p=0.0001; ESVi 69±31 to 41±18 ml, p=0.0001).
CONCLUSION: RV function is largely determined by afterload and returns to normal once afterload is normalized. This is paralleled by a significant improvement of CMR indices of right ventricular remodelling.
METHODS: Sixty-five patients (mean age 41±12 years, 28 female) underwent CMR pre- and post-PEA. Ejection fraction (EF), end-diastolic (EDVi), end-systolic (ESVi), and stroke (SVi) volumes were indexed for body surface area. Ea-pulm_i was calculated as pulmonary artery mean pressure (mPAP)/SVi, and Ees-RV_i as mPAP/ESVi.
RESULTS: mPAP decreased from 47±12 to 25±9 mmHg, p=0.0001. Ea-pulm_i was increased before PEA and normalized afterwards (2.8±2.1 vs. 0.85±0.4 mmHg/ml/m2, p=0.0001). Ees-RV_i was depressed before and after PEA (0.72±0.27 vs. 0.66±0.3 mmHg/ml/m2, p=0.13). EF improved from 25±12% to 46±10%, p=0.0001, because ventriculo-arterial coupling was restored (4.2±3 vs. 1.4±0.6, p=0.0001). EDVi and ESVi mproved significantly (EDVi 92±32 to 72±23 ml, p=0.0001; ESVi 69±31 to 41±18 ml, p=0.0001).
CONCLUSION: RV function is largely determined by afterload and returns to normal once afterload is normalized. This is paralleled by a significant improvement of CMR indices of right ventricular remodelling.
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