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Pulmonary artery dysfunction in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension #MMPMID29159269
Chibana H; Tahara N; Itaya N; Ishimatsu T; Sasaki M; Sasaki M; Nakayoshi T; Ohtsuka M; Yokoyama S; Sasaki Ki; Ueno T; Fukumoto Y
Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2017[Dec]; 17 (ä): 30-2 PMID29159269show ga
Background: Unresolved thromboemboli in the pulmonary arteries (PA) is known to cause chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). However, it remains unknown if vascular dysfunction in pulmonary arteries exists in patients with CTEPH. Methods and results: We enrolled 7 female patients with CTEPH in this study, who have stable pulmonary hemodynamics after balloon pulmonary angioplasty (age; 73.6 ± 3.0 years old, mean right atrial pressure; 4.1 ± 0.4 mm Hg, mean pulmonary arterial pressure; 29.4 ± 2.7, mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure; 8.1 ± 1.2, pulmonary vascular resistance; 397.3 ± 51.7 dynes, cardiac index; 3.1 ± 0.2 L/min/m2). Pulmonary artery vascular function was evaluated by measuring pulmonary artery vasomotion in response to acetylcholine (Ach) at 10-month follow-up after balloon pulmonary angioplasty. All pulmonary vasoactive drugs were discontinued on the day of the procedures. The endothelium-dependent vasomotor response was evaluated by intra-pulmonary artery infusion of Ach at the dose of 10? 8 mol/l, and the vaso-spastic response was at 10? 6 mol/l. We evaluated vasomotor responses at the same segment in each patient, by measuring % changes of luminal area detected by quantitative pulmonary arterial optical frequency-domain imaging (OFDI), where OFDI catheter was fixed during the procedure. Endothelial dysfunction was observed at the dose of Ach at 10? 8 mol/l and vasoconstriction was also confirmed at the dose of Ach at 10? 6 mol/l in the diseased pulmonary arteries in CTEPH. Conclusions: These results indicated that the pulmonary artery dysfunction exists in patients with CTEPH, which may be involved in the pathogenesis and progression of CTEPH.