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1 Depts of Pulmonary Diseases, 2 Physics and Medical Technology, 3 Physiology, 4 Rheumatology, and 5 Cardiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research. VU University Medical Centre, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CORRESPONDENCE: A. Vonk-Noordegraaf, Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HVP.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fax: 31 204444328. E-mail: A.Vonk{at}VUmc.nl
Keywords: Myocardial contraction, pump function graph, right ventricular function, right ventricular pressure, stroke volume
Received: October 14, 2007
Accepted January 2, 2008
Since systemic sclerosis (SSc) also involves the heart, the aim of the present study was to evaluate possible differences in right ventricular (RV) pump function between SSc-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH; SScPAH) and idiopathic PAH (IPAH).
In 13 limited cutaneous SScPAH and 17 IPAH patients, RV pump function was described using the pump function graph, which relates mean RV pressure (
There were no differences in SVI and SVImax. Both
Right ventricular contractility is lower in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension than in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
RV) and stroke volume index (SVI). Differences in pump function result in shift or rotation of the pump function graph.
RV and SVI were measured using standard catheterisation. The hypothetical isovolumic
RV (
RV,iso) was estimated using a single-beat method. The pump function graph was approximated by a parabola:
RV =
RV,iso[1–(SVI/SVImax)2], where SVImax is the hypothetical maximal SVI at zero
RV, enabling calculation of SVImax.
RV and
RV,iso were significantly lower in SScPAH than in IPAH (
RV 30.7±8.5 versus 41.2±9.4 mmHg;
RV,iso 43.1±12.4 versus 53.5±10.0 mmHg). Since higher pressures were found at similar SVI, the difference in the pump function graph results from lower contractility in SScPAH than in IPAH.
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