scholarly journals Ventilatory power, a cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameter for the prediction of pulmonary hypertension at right heart catheterization

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 100513
Author(s):  
Michele Correale ◽  
Ilenia Monaco ◽  
Armando Ferraretti ◽  
Lucia Tricarico ◽  
Monica Sicuranza ◽  
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Rheumatology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 1581-1586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Santaniello ◽  
Rosa Casella ◽  
Marco Vicenzi ◽  
Irene Rota ◽  
Gaia Montanelli ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives The DETECT algorithm has been developed to identify SSc patients at risk for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) yielding high sensitivity but low specificity, and positive predictive value. We tested whether cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) could improve the performance of the DETECT screening strategy. Methods Consecutive SSc patients over a 30-month period were screened with the DETECT algorithm and positive subjects were referred for CPET before the execution of right-heart catheterization. The predictive performance of CPET on top of DETECT was evaluated and internally validated via bootstrap replicates. Results Out of 314 patients, 96 satisfied the DETECT application criteria and 54 were positive. PAH was ascertained in 17 (31.5%) and pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension in 23 (42.6%) patients. Within CPET variables, the slope of the minute ventilation to carbon dioxide production relationship (VE/VCO2 slope) had the best performance to predict PAH at right-heart catheterization [median (interquartile range) of specificity 0.778 (0.714–0.846), positive predictive value 0.636 (0.556–0.750)]; exploratory analysis on pre-capillary yielded a specificity of 0.714 (0.636–0.8) and positive predictive value of 0.714 (0.636–0.8). Conclusion In association with the DETECT algorithm, CPET may be considered as a useful tool in the workup of SSc-related pulmonary hypertension. The sequential determination of the VE/VCO2 slope in DETECT-positive subjects may reduce the number of unnecessary invasive procedures without any loss in the capability to capture PAH. This strategy had also a remarkable performance in highlighting the presence of pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension.


Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mário Santos ◽  
Aaron B Waxman ◽  
Julie Tracy ◽  
Fariha Khalid ◽  
Alexander R Opotowsky ◽  
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Introduction: Supine resting right heart catheterization (srRHC) is the standard method to differentiate pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), but most such patients complain of symptoms during exercise. We hypothesized that the upright invasive exercise phenotype of patients with unexplained exertional intolerance provides a distinct and additive perspective compared with supine resting RHC in the diagnosis of PAH and HFpEF. Methods: We reviewed results of consecutive patients with unexplained effort intolerance who underwent same day sequential srRHC and invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing (iCPET) between March 2011 and October 2013. At rest, patients were classified with PAH if mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) ≥ 25 mmHg and pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP) ≤ 15 mmHg; as HFpEF if PAWP > 15 mmHg; and as normal if none of the above hemodynamic criteria were met. At peak exercise, patients were categorized as exercise-induced PAH (eiPAH), exercise HFpEF (eHFpEF), normal (eNormal), or peripheral limitation according to the criteria displayed in the table. Results: Of 255 patients, 212 (83%) had normal srRHC. Of these, 46 (22%) had an abnormal iCPET result: eiPAH (n=24), eHFpEF (n=22). A resting mPAP > 18 mmHg discriminated eiPAH reasonably well (ROC AUC: 0.75; 95%CI: 0.67-0.83). Of those with abnormal srRHC, iCPET reclassified diagnosis for 16/43 (37%). Of the 30 patients who had HFpEF by srRHC, 12 (40%) had a normal cardiac hemodynamic profile during upright maximum exercise. 4 (31%) of the 13 patients with PAH at rest had no suggestion of intrinsic pulmonary vascular disease during exercise (3 eHFpEF and 1 non-cardiac limitation) with iCPET. Conclusions: In patients with exertional intolerance, iCPET reveals hemodynamic abnormalities which are overlooked with resting RHC and reclassifies a significant subset of apparent PAH and HFpEF patients by srRHC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. e13945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saiko Mizumi ◽  
Ayumi Goda ◽  
Kaori Takeuchi ◽  
Hanako Kikuchi ◽  
Takumi Inami ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1871-1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALLAN J. WALKEY ◽  
MICHAEL IEONG ◽  
MIR ALIKHAN ◽  
HARRISON W. FARBER

Objective.To examine the role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing with right-heart catheterization (CPET/RHC) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) with potentially multifactorial exertional limitation.Methods.This was a single-center retrospective cohort study of patients with SSc referred for CPET/RHC.Results.A total of 19 patients with SSc [subtypes: 10 limited, 5 diffuse, 1 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)/SSc overlap, and 3 with no subtype specified in the medical record] underwent CPET/RHC testing from February 2003 to February 2008. Of these patients, the primary limitations to exercise were found to be ventilatory (n = 6), deconditioning/cardiovascular (n = 6), pulmonary vascular (PVL; n = 3), and exercise-induced left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (exercise-LVDD; n = 4). No prior physical examination, pulmonary function test, imaging, or echocardiographic data reliably predicted the etiology of exercise limitation determined by CPET/RHC. Vital capacity and ventilatory equivalent for CO2 did not differ during CPET testing between PVL and exercise–LVDD, limiting the utility of CPET alone for discriminating these etiologies of dyspnea. Exercise alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient was elevated in subjects shown to have PVL [median 48 mm Hg (interquartile range 45.3, 62.0)] compared to those with exercise-LVDD [26.0 (IQR 10.6, 36.0)] and deconditioning [13.9 (IQR 4.0, 16.4); p = 0.02]. Major therapeutic changes occurred in 11/19 (58%) subjects after CPET/RHC testing.Conclusion.CPET/RHC testing in subjects with SSc and potentially multifactorial dyspnea adds potentially useful diagnostic information unavailable from noninvasive testing.


Diagnostics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1110
Author(s):  
Ekkehard Grünig ◽  
Christina A. Eichstaedt ◽  
Rebekka Seeger ◽  
Nicola Benjamin

Various parameters reflecting right heart size, right ventricular function and capacitance have been shown to be prognostically important in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). In the advanced disease, patients suffer from right heart failure, which is a main reason for an impaired prognosis. Right heart size has shown to be associated with right ventricular function and reserve and is correlated with prognosis in patients with PH. Right ventricular reserve, defined as the ability of the ventricle to adjust to exercise or pharmacologic stress, is expressed by various parameters, which may be determined invasively by right heart catheterization or by stress-Doppler-echocardiography as a noninvasive approach. As the term “right ventricular contractile reserve” may be misleading, “right ventricular output reserve” seems desirable as a preferred term of increase in cardiac output during exercise. Both right heart size and right ventricular reserve have been shown to be of prognostic importance and may therefore be useful for risk assessment in patients with pulmonary hypertension. In this article we aim to display different aspects of right heart size and right ventricular reserve and their prognostic role in PH.


2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Bastos Polonio ◽  
Milena Marques Pagliareli Acencio ◽  
Rogério Pazetti ◽  
Francine Maria de Almeida ◽  
Bárbara Soares da Silva ◽  
...  

We assessed the effects of lodenafil on hemodynamics and inflammation in the rat model of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH). Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: control; monocrotaline (experimental model); and lodenafil (experimental model followed by lodenafil treatment, p.o., 5 mg/kg daily for 28 days) Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) was obtained by right heart catheterization. We investigated right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) and IL-1 levels in lung fragments. The number of cases of RVH was significantly higher in the monocrotaline group than in the lodenafil and control groups, as were mPAP and IL-1 levels. We conclude that lodenafil can prevent monocrotaline-induced PH, RVH, and inflammation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 100015
Author(s):  
Ambalavanan Arunachalam ◽  
Neal F. Chaisson ◽  
Adriano R. Tonelli

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Md Harisul Hoque ◽  
SM Mustafa Zaman ◽  
Khurshid Ahmed ◽  
Sajal Krisna Banerjee ◽  
Md Faisal Ibne Kabir ◽  
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Pulmonary hypertension is a hemodynamic disorder defined by abnormally high pulmonary artery pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart. In this study, hepatic venous duplex will be done to diagnose and quantify the PH. So that Patients can avoid unnecessary invasive right heart catheterization. This practical demonstration is the key to enrich our experience and knowledge in the field of PH. Objectives of this study was to assess PH status by Hepatic venous Duplex (HVD) as well by right heart catheterization and to compare them. This study was conducted in the Department of Cardiology, BSMMU, Shahbagh, Dhaka extending from July 2018 to December 2019. Total 100 (One hundred) subjects were enrolled in this study. It was an Observational study and includes the subjects between 18 years to 45 years of age. Results of this study shows very close proximity to that of Right heart catheterization. Hemodynamic changes in Hepatic venous duplex study could be used as an alternative diagnostic tool for evaluating moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension. This method could counteract the weakness of the currently used diagnostic methods and improve the accuracy of assessing pulmonary hypertension when combined with other methods. University Heart Journal Vol. 16, No. 2, Jul 2020; 86-91


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