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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
44
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-12-29
pubmed:abstractText
10 patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH) consequent to primary or secondary pulmonary vascular disease and 12 control subjects were studied by left ventricular (LV) micromanometry and cineangiography. At rest, LV "total pressure" Vmax and volumetric parameters (RAO position) of the patients with PH were within normal limits. LV end-diastolic pressure, was, however, significantly increased. Biplane cineangiographic evaluation in 6 patients with PH revealed a significantly reduced LV transverse diameter in the LAO as compared to the RAO position. This finding was confirmed by echocardiography. The thickness of the LV lateral and posterior wall was normal, whereas septal thickness was significantly increased in the patients with PH. During isometric exercise Vmax increased significantly in PH but not in the controls. It is concluded that (1) in chronic PH LV function is normal at rest, (2) LV contractile reserve is inpaired and (3) apparent LV compliance is reduced due to both septal hypertrophy and abnormal LV geometry.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0036-7672
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1589-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
[Left ventricular function in chronic pulmonary hypertension].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract