Hu Jui-Ting, Yang Sien-Sing, Lai Yun-Chih, Shih Cheng-Yen, Chang Cheng-Wen
Liver Unit, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
World J Gastroenterol. 2003 Aug;9(8):1828-31. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1828.
To study the change of portal blood flow for the prediction of the status of right-sided heart failure by using non-invasive way.
We studied 20 patients with rheumatic and atherosclerotic heart diseases. All the patients had constant systemic blood pressure and body weight 1 week prior to the study. Cardiac index (CI), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), mean aortic pressure (AOP), pulmonary wedge pressure (PWP), mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), mean right atrial pressure (RAP), right ventricular end-diastolic pressure (RVEDP) were recorded during cardiac catheterization. Ten patients with RAP >10 mmHg were classified as Group 1. The remaining 10 patients with RAP >=10 mmHg were classified as Group 2. Portal blood velocity profiles were studied using an ultrasonic Doppler within 12 h after cardiac catheterization.
CI, AOP, and LVEDP had no difference between two groups. Patients in Group 1 had normal PWP (14.6+/-7.3 mmHg), PAP (25.0+/-8.2 mmHg), RAP (4.7+/-2.4 mmHg), and RVEDP (6.4+/-2.7 mmHg). Patients in Group 2 had increased PWP (29.9+/-9.3 mmHg), PAP (46.3+/-13.2 mmHg), RAP (17.5+/-5.7 mmHg), and RVEDP (18.3+/-5.6 mmHg) (P<0.001). Mean values of maximum portal blood velocity (Vmax), mean portal blood velocity (Vmean), cross-sectional area (Area) and portal blood flow volume (PBF) had no difference between 2 groups. All the patients in Group 1 had a continuous antegrade portal flow with a mean percentage of peak-to-peak pulsatility (PP) 27.0+/-8.9 % (range: 17-40 %). All the patients in Group 2 had pulsatile portal flow with a mean PP 86.6+/-45.6 (range: 43-194 %). One patient had a transient stagnant and three patients had a transient hepatofugal portal flow, which occurred mainly during the ventricular systole. Vmax, Vmean and PBF had a positive correlation with CO (P<0.001) but not with AOP, LVEDP, PWP, PAP, RAP, and RVEDP. PP showed a good correlation (P<0.001) with PWP, PAP, RAP, and RVEDP but not with CI, AOP, and LVEDP. All the patients with PP >40 % had a right-sided heart failure with a RAP=10 mmHg.
The measurement of PP change is a simple and non-invasive way to identify patients with right heart failure.
采用非侵入性方法研究门静脉血流变化以预测右心衰竭状态。
我们研究了20例风湿性和动脉粥样硬化性心脏病患者。所有患者在研究前1周血压和体重恒定。在心脏导管插入术期间记录心脏指数(CI)、左心室舒张末期压力(LVEDP)、平均主动脉压(AOP)、肺楔压(PWP)、平均肺动脉压(PAP)、平均右心房压(RAP)、右心室舒张末期压力(RVEDP)。10例RAP>10 mmHg的患者被分为第1组。其余10例RAP≥10 mmHg的患者被分为第2组。在心脏导管插入术后12小时内使用超声多普勒研究门静脉血流速度剖面。
两组间CI、AOP和LVEDP无差异。第1组患者的PWP(14.6±7.3 mmHg)、PAP(25.0±8.2 mmHg)、RAP(4.7±2.4 mmHg)和RVEDP(6.4±2.7 mmHg)正常。第2组患者的PWP(29.9±9.3 mmHg)、PAP(46.3±13.2 mmHg)、RAP(17.5±5.7 mmHg)和RVEDP(18.3±5.6 mmHg)升高(P<0.001)。最大门静脉血流速度(Vmax)、平均门静脉血流速度(Vmean)、横截面积(Area)和门静脉血流量(PBF)的平均值在两组间无差异。第1组所有患者门静脉血流呈连续顺行,峰-峰搏动性(PP)平均百分比为27.0±8.9%(范围:17 - 40%)。第2组所有患者门静脉血流呈搏动性,平均PP为86.6±45.6(范围:43 - 194%)。1例患者出现短暂血流停滞,3例患者出现短暂门静脉逆流,主要发生在心室收缩期。Vmax、Vmean和PBF与心输出量(CO)呈正相关(P<0.001),但与AOP、LVEDP、PWP、PAP、RAP和RVEDP无关。PP与PWP、PAP、RAP和RVEDP呈良好相关性(P<0.001),但与CI、AOP和LVEDP无关。所有PP>40%的患者均有右心衰竭且RAP = 高10 mmHg。
测量PP变化是识别右心衰竭患者的一种简单且非侵入性的方法。