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9587988

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
Portal vein flow was recorded by color Doppler sonography in 31 patients with chronic heart failure and 18 control subjects. Compared with patients showing a forward flow (Group A), those with reversed portal vein flow (Group B) had higher prevalence of tricuspid regurgitation (75% vs. 43%), hepatic congestion (100% vs. 30%) and ascites (50% vs. 18%), and showed higher right atrial pressure (25.3 +/- 3.01 mmHg vs. 11.8 +/- 5.75 mmHg, p < 0.01). In controls, portal vein pulsatility ratio was 0.66 +/- 0.08, in Group A it was 0.46 +/- 0.28 (p < 0.01), in Group B -0.60 +/- 0.19 (p < 0.01). Portal vein pulsatility ratio negatively correlated with right atrial pressure (r = -0.87; p < 0.01). In Group A, hepatic congestion, ascites and tricuspid regurgitation were associated with a higher portal vein pulsatility. This study indicates that portal vein pulsatility ratio reflects the level of impairment of the right heart.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-5629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
327-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Portal vein pulsatility ratio provides a measure of right heart function in chronic heart failure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study