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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Left ventricular function is modified by respiration and pericardial constraint. The aim of this study was to compare left ventricular systolic and diastolic function during inspiration and expiration in four patient groups: patients (1) without cardiac disease, (2) with severe pulmonary disease, (3) with cardiac amyloid and (4) with pericardial constriction (before and after pericardiectomy). Using blood-pool left ventriculography with modified gating, we obtained time-activity curves at the onset of inspiration and expiration. On inspiration and expiration, patients with pericardial constriction and patients with cardiac amyloid were significantly different from those without cardiac disease and those with severe pulmonary disease, in that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was less, peak filling rate was greater, time to peak filling rate was shorter, and rapid filling fraction was increased. When inspiration and expiration were compared, time to left ventricular peak filling rate was shorter (P = 0.05) on inspiration (118 +/- 48 ms) than on expiration (168 +/- 35 ms) in patients with pericardial constriction. No other measures differed between inspiration and expiration in pericardial constriction, and left ventricular function was unaffected by respiration in the other groups. Time to left ventricular peak filling rate was 49 +/- 69 ms less on inspiration than on expiration in pericardial constriction and this difference was significantly different (P = 0.04) from that in patients with cardiac amyloid (34 +/- 58 ms greater), patients without cardiac disease (2 +/- 69 ms greater) and patients with severe pulmonary disease (19 +/- 63 ms less). In pericardial constriction, pericardial resection caused an increase in LVEF without a change in left ventricular diastolic filling but abolished the differences present between inspiration and expiration in time to left ventricular peak filling rate. This respiratory response in time to left ventricular peak filling rate may be valuable in the diagnosis of pericardial constriction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0143-3636
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of respiration on left ventricular diastolic filling as assessed by radionuclide ventriculography.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study