Introduction: In recent years, COPD is observed as not an isolated, but an associated pathology, in particular, concurrent with metabolic syndrome.
The aim of the research is to identify the differences in changes of the rheopulmonography parameters (RPG) depending on the presence of hypertrophy or atrophy of the right
ventricular myocardium in patients with COPD concurrent with metabolic syndrome..
Materials and methods: We studied changes in rheopulmonography (RPG) in 145 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) concurrent with metabolic syndrome.
Results: We detected precapillary hypertension of the pulmonary circulation in patients with right ventricular myocardial hypertrophy: anacrotism serration; flattened peak of
the systolic wave; decreased Vcp; high placement of incisura; horizontal course of catacrotism; decreased amplitude of the systolic wave (in this case, due to a greater increase in the resistance of the blood flow in the pulmonary vessels than the decreased impact volume of the right ventricle); prolonged Q-a (in this group of patients, it depends more
on hypertension of the pulmonary circulation than on the reduction of contractile function of the myocardium).
In atrophy of the right ventricular myocardium, the following changes in the RPG were revealed: decreased systolic wave at its dramatic rise; prolonged Q-a (in this case, due to the weakened heart contraction); Vmax reduction (it reflects the reduction of myocardial contractility); in hypertrophy of the myocardium, Vcp., unlike RPG, does not decrease,
which is explained by the decrease in the pressure of the pulmonary circulation.
Conclusions: We believe that these changes in RPG allow differentiating hypertrophy and right ventricular myocardial atrophy along with established diagnostic criteria, and
can be used as markers for the diagnosis and treatment of COPD concurrent with metabolic syndrome.
Uhl′s anomaly: Absence of the right ventricular myocardium